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HIZBULLAH "OFFER" TO DISARM IS A CROCK
Diplomacy and the Hounds of Hell, Part XII
The French are busy complaining that Israel isn't going to take up a 72 hour ceasefire proposed by the diplomats. Why should they? Any ceasefire will only enable Hizbullah time to redeploy and reequip. Right now, Hizbullah is fighting for its life, d...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 29.07.2006 @ 16:34
Diplomacy and the Hounds of Hell, Part VII
Condi Rice is in Beirut, a surprise stop in her Middle East diplomacy tour that will next visit Jerusalem. This stop has mostly symbolic significance. The Lebanese are incapable of fighting Hizbullah, let alone Israel, so they need outside support.
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 24.07.2006 @ 13:17
Clarifying the Dogs of War
Israel vows to rout Hizbullah. As they must. And yet, this is still war by proxy. Syria and Iran are pulling the strings for Hamas and Hizbullah. And those two countries are doing more than just pulling the strings; they're providing the firepower be...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 16.07.2006 @ 17:13
MIDDLE EAST: TEETERING ON THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS
A New Crisis for Israel
Have no doubt that Hizbullah took this action to try and relieve the pressure on Gaza, because Israel will be seen as an aggressor into Lebanon despite the repeated provocations and now capture of its citizens. Israel has taken casualties in the effo...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 12.07.2006 @ 19:35
"WHAT I DID ON MY SUMMER VACATION" BY BILL KELLER
Not So SWIFT
How hard was it for the media not to reveal details about a program that by all accounts, including the NYT's own reporting, was quite successful? Apparently they had no problem revealing the program despite the entreaties from a bipartisan group of ...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 26.06.2006 @ 13:09
MURTHA: OLD SOLDIERS SHOULD JUST FADE AWAY
Has Rep Murtha Ever Looked at a Map?
Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) had yet another appearance on the Sunday morning talk shows and boy was it a doozy.
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 19.06.2006 @ 11:31
MORE INVESTIGATION, BETTER REPORTING NEEDED ON HADITHA STORY
Haditha Pushback
This is apparently the first statement from anyone who has direct knowledge of the events relating to the Haditha incident. Other soldiers and witnesses have thus far made statements relating to what they saw after the alleged incident occurred. Stil...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 11.06.2006 @ 18:02
ZARQAWI DEAD: INSURGENCY LIVES
Overshadowed
Lost in the news of the successful attack eliminating Zarqawi and a number of his top level minions, was that this was part of a much larger operation.
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 8.06.2006 @ 21:24
Grand Slam
After years of fruitless searching, close calls, and thousands of civilian casualties piling up, US and Iraqi forces finally tracked down al Zarqawi and killed him in an airstrike using two 500 pound bombs to level the compound where he and other ter...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 8.06.2006 @ 11:31
Sign of the Times
Why are so many folks thinking that today has some kind of significance beyond the fact that it marks the 62nd anniversary of D-Day? Operation Overlord? You might have heard of it - back when they were teaching history in high school.
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 6.06.2006 @ 20:54
