THE LEBANESE PEOPLE VS. HIZBULLAH: ROUND 1 LOOMS
Fallout From Gemayel's Assassination
The problem is that the March 14 group is under assault from Syria and Hizbullah, which don't bother with politics when assassination, violence, and intimidation work more efficiently. Protest babes don't stand much of a chance if the leaders of the ...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 22.11.2006 @ 12:37
FAR EAST NUCLEAR DOMINOES READY TO FALL
The Club Gets Larger?
North Korea wanted the bomb, and there was nothing anyone could do to stop them. That's a lesson that must be driven home now, while the question of Iran's nuclear ambitions remains one that is still short of actually possessing the bomb.
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 9.10.2006 @ 08:35
DECLASSIFIED NIE LEAVES UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
Putting the NIE Out to Pasture
Taking these two disparate issues together, and I find the whole issue rather distasteful. Between the leaks and counterleaks - followed by the declassification of portions of the NIE, we have not learned anything new about the situation in Iraq. How...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 26.09.2006 @ 20:46
DOES CONFRONTING TERRORISM MAKE IT WORSE?
The Hornet's Nest
We're assuming that the intel agencies were accurately tracking the threats posed by international terrorism, particularly Islamic terrorism, all this time. We clearly did not believe that the threats posed by Islamic terrorists and the firebrand mul...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 24.09.2006 @ 09:38
POPE TRIES AGAIN TO APPEASE THE UNAPPEASEABLE
The Vatican Rag
Seems that quite a few folks are ragging on the Vatican and its promulgation of statements and clarifications, though most of those denigrating the Pope are Muslims who are not yet appeased. All this comes as a result of the Pope's theological discus...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 17.09.2006 @ 12:32
Five Years
Five years ago, the largest terrorist attack ever conducted culminated in the murder of nearly 3,000 people, the destruction of the World Trade Center, devastated Lower Manhattan, badly damaged the Pentagon, wreaked havoc on the airline industry, and...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 11.09.2006 @ 17:50
EX-PRESIDENT CLINTON IS A HYPERSENSITIVE BULLY
Random Musings
Don't you get the feeling that quite a few folks wish that the Clinton Administration attacked the terrorists with such vigor as he and others on the Left are attacking ABC for the upcoming miniseries The Path to 9/11, which appears to portray the Cl...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 7.09.2006 @ 19:26
Updating SF Hit and Run Rampage
Meanwhile, unnamed sources are saying that Popal was unrepentant and wanted to hit those folks. That doesn't exactly sound promising for those who want to clear this guy of driving while jihadi, although this is based on leaks from unnamed sources in...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 30.08.2006 @ 12:11
HUMBLED OLMERT ACCEPTS CEASE FIRE
Diplomacy and the Hounds of Hell, Part XXV
My question to Sec. State Rice is don't we already know who's for peace and who's for pieces? Hizbullah wants to destroy Israel, and this ceasefire only delays Israel's ability to destroy a mortal enemy.
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 11.08.2006 @ 20:31
Diplomacy and the Hounds of Hell, Part XIX
Mrs. Lawhawk pointed me to Time Magazine this week, which has a whole bunch of stories about Lebanon, Hizbullah and the current conflict. Among the stories is one on who exactly will disarm Hizbullah and specifically at the Lebanese military's inabil...
Comment Posted By A Blog For All On 5.08.2006 @ 17:15