Sidney Blumenthal has an excellent article in Salon about American Mid East policy [if there is any]. Here it is: Domino diplomacy | Salon Now this is scary. The problem I have with a “domiono” scenario such as this, is that it places the desired end result at such a distance from any immediate action. […]

The Israelis are finding harder than they expected to dislodge Hezbollah. The fighting remains heavy according to the New York Times: Israel Suffers Bloodiest Day of Fight With Hezbollah The Israelis will no doubt prevail in some sense. They will “sanitize” whatever area they want to and then will leave behind a scorched zone that […]

Who are these idiots called Hezbollah? One of their spokesmen is now reported to have been taken aback by the Israeli response to the kidnapping of two soldiers. Here’s the report posted on Yahoo: Hezbollah Surprised Apparently Hezbollah, who does this kind of thing all the time just to tweak the Israeli’s noses, was shocked […]