Degrading Hizb'allah's Social Safety Net
Critics of Israel's tactics in South Lebanon have been railing against their "inability" to destroy Hizb'allah's military might. While this might be true, al Bawaba points out that the military "destruction" of the Hizbies might not actually be the end goal of Israel. Instead, they are simultaneously striking at The Party of Allah's [...]
Lousy Fake Chinese Saying…
May you live in interesting times.
-Supposed ancient Chinese curse
"Watching" the events in Lebanon unfold on the newswires, I ran through an extremely odd combination of feelings at work today. I felt detached, almost entirely removed from the world as I watched Israel escalate their offensive against Hizb'allah in the south of Lebanon; I felt [...]
Please To Be Reading Most Serious Letter From Mahmoud
Iowahawk has once again cut right to the heart of the matter with his exclusive translation of Iran's flaming nutjob puppet dictator president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to President Bush (as well as a bowling night eVite for those world leaders In The Know) and boy, is it a doozy!
Mr George Bush, President of the United [...]
Fear The Mystery Weapons Of Allah!
Remember the Mystery Stealth Boat of Doom Iran "tested" a couple of weeks ago, as well as the Magical Radar-Evading ICBMs of Ill Portent and the Super-Cavitating Super Rocket Torpedo of Super Islamic Doom? Well, it turns out that all three "new" technologies are most likely Russian-made, of dubious provenance, and, at least in [...]
I Take Kristol's Meaning, But Have To Disagree
I was listening to Bill Kristol on Fresh Air last night, and during the course of Terry Gross' interview of Kristol, he said something to the effect of "We want to get Iraq to a place where it's not a threat to its neighbors". Now, I know what he was trying to say, but [...]
