Monday, July 17, 2006
American Evacuation Update Re: Lebanon (12:36 PM) - Many other countries have already pulled their citizens out of Lebanon, but the United States, not panicking, has been slower to do so. Now, plans are in place:A commercial ship escorted by a U.S. destroyer will start evacuating some Americans…
Israeli Patriots and Arrows (11:42 AM) - This news is about twelve hours old—stale—but a little fun nonetheless. Vital Perspective, written by a couple of seers somewhere in the twisted corridors of Washington, reports:Israel has moved batteries of Patriot anti-missile missiles into the Haifa area. The defensive…
John McCain on Defending The Mid-East Democracy (11:32 AM) - John McCain may or may not be one of those ‘Republicans in Name Only’ (never liked that way of viewing things, myself), but he gets the big things right….
Everything in Proportion (11:26 AM) - Jay Nordlinger: “Our old friend proportionality,” et cetera, of course….
Israeli Ground Forces in Lebanon? (08:19 AM) - If this AP dispatch is accurate and complete, then news reports of Israeli boots on the ground in Lebanon, while true, do not signal a turning point in the war, or a move to conventional, extended warfare. Instead, it appears…
The Warmongering French (07:42 AM) - TigerHawk notices something odd: France’s nationalistic, boots-in-the-street, tanks-roll-round parades on Bastille Day. Well, come to think of it, this world is host to only a very small number of powerful nations which do not do public military demonstrations, with tanks…
Bush: “Get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit” (07:37 AM) - Unaware that a microphone was on, President Bush expressed to Tony Blair the thoughts of pretty much everyone in the civilized world….
WSJ Newstracker (07:24 AM) - The Wall Street Journal has established a free Middle East Newstracker, available here. It is updated constantly….
“Peretz, don’t worry, we’ll be seeing you at The Hague.” (07:18 AM) - So went the shouts at this large left-wing rally in Tel Aviv to protest Israel’s effort to defuse the terrorist organization Hezbollah. “Israel is overreacting” also seemed to be a popular slogan. The protestors, specifically, called for negotiation with both…
It’s Canada (07:01 AM) - If John Hinderaker has accurately enumerated the frontrunners in this year’s Miss Universe contest—and trust in that, friends—then, gee, it doesn’t seem like much of a contest at all. Viva Canada. UPDATE: Sheesh, she’s younger than me!…