What a week. The most amazing sea change in the ME is how alone Hezbollah is. Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia have wisely decided they are not going to spend their people’s blood and treasure because Hezbollah decided to kidnap two Israeli’s who were simply patrolling their side of the border. Why should these countries […]

Yep, more meetings today – all day! I won’t bother to link to them, but Kofi Anan’s comments that Israel is being excessive are ridiculous. Anan and all the bleeding hearts wish the pounding of Hezbollah would stop, but they do not admit it can stop immediately. All Hezbollad has to do is free the […]

It seems that US authorities are truly concerned Hezbollah is attempting to activate cells here in the US (probably in concurrence with Iran and possibly Syrian elements). Operatives of the Lebanese Islamic terrorist organization Hezbollah, the same group presently firing missiles into Israel and labeled as one of the most dangerous Islamic terrorist group in […]

Since 9-11 one of the most common phrases is “connect the dots”. Well here are some dots to connect: An Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on Monday destroyed at least one long- range Iranian missile capable of hitting Tel Aviv, military officials said. Israeli aircraft targeted a truck carrying the weapons before they could be launched, […]

Iran sent its Foreign Minister to Syria to discuss the situation in Lebanon. Hezbollah is getting pummeled and I am sure they are looking for support and help from the closest ally – Syria. And I would guess Syria is in no mood to be seen aiding the terrorists in Lebanon striking into Israel in […]

In what is probably the first large scale indication the US policy in Iraq is finally turning a corner we see the Sunni’s in Iraq ‘moderating’ their stance by asking for more US presence to quell the violence. It is no surprise three decades of anger and frustration were going to bubble over when the […]

How can the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza be stopped through a cease fire? Well, the requirement for cessation of hostilities has always been the same: Israel would agree to a cease-fire in its six-day-old offensive against Hezbollah if the Lebanese guerrillas withdraw from the border area with Israel and release two captured Israeli soldiers, […]

Tom Bevan has a good question up today on RCP (and, uncharacteristically, the wrong conclusion). It has to do with the images of death used in campaign commercials (or for any ‘communication’). Here is his question: It seems that right around the time the DCCC was pulling its latest video because of the vehement protestations […]

Seems the Iranian President was not kidding when he said he would attack Israel if the West messed with Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Israeli officials charged that elite Iranian troops operating in Lebanon were involved in the Hezbollah offensive, and were responsible for firing an Iranian-made, radar-guided C802 missile – not the unmanned bomb-laden drone originally […]

I have grown up around DC and all its talking heads and Deans of this and Deans of that, and right now these people are completely useless in understanding what is happening in the Middle East. I was watching Charlayne Hunter-Gault on CNN discuss the role South Africa could play in stopping the fighting in […]