Yoni discusses the leadership vacuum in Israel.
I asked him so who do you see leading us out of this mess.
He answered who do we have besides Bibi and Ya’alon.
It looks more and more as if the “wink, wink” “nod, nod” attitude of the Israelis about their government has born rotten fruit. Once the pioneers, that [...]

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Blogger Zombietime finds a real hoax in the reporting from Lebanon.

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I’ve read the ceasefire. I’ve read some of the commentary.
This isn’t really an agreement. All the sides didn’t sit down and iron it out.
It’s more like the instructions for a put-together bookcase. Some darn fool will always try to do it without the instructions. Or a part will be missing.
In other words, I don’t see [...]

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The meme is that the proof of a democray is the hotness of their babes. Israel qualifies.

Many more at the link.

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The American people, including many on the right, did not embrace the War on Terror to enter into a protracted ground war in the Middle East. We may, one day, strike Syria or Iran, but it will be when we can fight, sustain and win a war.

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The Israelis are, yet again, forced to fight the proxies of their enemies, in the on-going effort to exist.

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Christian Science Monitor
With American companies departing, Russian and Asian firms are filling the gap. Devon Energy sold its interests in Syria to Gulfsands, its partner in a joint exploration contract. Gulfsands then sold 50 percent of the project to SoyuzNefteGas, a Russian oil and gas company. A Russian company was contracted by the Syrian government [...]

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It’s not often a planned community, in the 1960’s sense, gets built anymore. And, when it is, in the United States, it’s built on debt, mortgages and tax dollars.
OTOH, some very sensible people have decided to build their dream city. And they are. Paying cash for it.
Michael Totten is in Kurdistan, and provides reportage and [...]

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Dean has been busy defending his central thesis that Islam and democracy ARE NOT incompatible.
One set of stats does not a triumphant argument make, however. Bangladesh is hardly a safe place for Christians, nor for Bengalis. In addition, the Indian government has accused Bangladesh of harboring thousands of terrorists.
In wonderful Indonesia: Muslim-Christian violence from 2000 [...]

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Here’s a screen cap of a Sitemeter record. I’ve commented before on the Internet treatment of Palestine, but this looks wacky. Occupied Palestine.

Do you suppose this is a Sitemeter thing?

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Saw about 2/3 of the speech. Wish the military guys had not been told to sit on their hands.
UPDATE: Bush’s speechs get a lot of energy from the crowds. Some of his poor performance was directly due to the lack of audience reaction. There was one outbreak of cheering and applause, but, based on prior [...]

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