Into The Abyss

Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria not only defies the State Department and White House, it also flies in the face of logic. The reactions to the trip were loud and clear.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the speaker "should take a step back and think about the message that it sends. This is a county that is a state sponsor of terror, one that is trying to disrupt the Senora government in Lebanon and one that is allowing foreign fighters to flow into Iraq from its borders."

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said "In our view, it is not the right time to have these sort of high-profile visitors to Syria."

Even new UN SecGen admitted Syria's complicity in arms smuggling to Hezbollah. Ban Ki-moon said; "There are intelligence reports that arms are smuggled. I am concerned by that kind of arms smuggling, which will destabilize the situation in Lebanon."

Think Imam wannabe Ellison has anything to do with this "fact-finding trip??

To understand Syria is to examine the state run press which is the mouthpiece of the government. Through this media, the masses are told what they are to believe if they want to make it home for dinner. Here's a taste….

This from Aljazeera Magazine:

Bird Flu: Another Israeli weapon against its “enemies”?

The Gulf emirate of Dubai has decided to check air passengers before being allowed entry on suspicion of carrying the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu and Saudi Arabia declared an emergency aimed at preventing the outbreak of the virus, after it has reportedly killed more than 160 people all over the world, according to the World Health Organization, with many cases uncovered in Arab and Middle East countries.

An article published earlier on the state-run Syrian daily al-Thawra drew suspicion that Israel may have developed the bird flu virus as a new weapon to avenge Arabs and harm the genes of its Arab neighbors.

The article, which also said that Israel buried 85,000 infected birds in the occupied West Bank that eventually infected a Palestinian from Jerusalem with Avian Influenza, a highly infectious notifiable disease affecting many species of birds, including commercial, wild and pet birds, blamed Israel for the spread of the deadly virus in the Far East to mislead the world.

The article goes on to quote the infamous 1998 "expose" from the Sunday Times which published a similar story. The Times, however, is not a state owned entity. The Syrian newspaper is. The responsibility for it's content falls at the feet of its dictator; the same dictator that Pelosi and Ellison can't wait to meet.

Keith, try the chicken.

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Do The Brits Care?

The UN issued its press statement yesterday in response to the Iranian kidnapping of 15 British Navy personnel. Here is the text;

Members of the Security Council expressed grave concern at the capture by the Revolutionary Guard, and the continuing detention by the Government of Iran, of 15 United Kingdom naval personnel, and appealed to the Government of Iran to allow consular access, in terms of the relevant international laws.

The UN only expressed grave concern and did not condemn the act. "Condemnation" is the most severe term in the UN dictionary. Why? The Russians were against it. Nevertheless, Britain signed off.

The UN demands "consular access". The UN did not demand their immediate release. Yet again, Britain signed off.

It seems like the Brits have come to terms with the event and don't expect a resolution any time soon.

Iran 1, Britain 0.

I took a look at the British press coverage of the event both on TV and the net. The story grabs a minute here and there. Stories abound about Paris Hilton. David Beckham's new haircut was all the rage on Sky News. Do the Brits really care?

The Death Penalty For A Real Estate Deal?

In a recent post I made mention of a house in the West Bank town in Hebron that was sold by a Palestinian to a group religious Israelis. When the Israelis started moving in, there was outrage amongst the Arabs and the Jewish left. How could a Jew move into a property that he legally bought in Israel? It's a provocation!!

The Palestinian who previously owned the property was hastily brought onto the 8 PM local news with documents in tow, apparently proving the sale never took place. After further investigation by the IDF and the Israel Police, it was determined that the sale was legit, and the Jews did now legally own the property. (This did not stop the Israeli left from STILL demanding the Jews leave the property on the basis that there presence was a "provocation").

We have received confirmation from the most unlikely of sources that the sale did in fact take place; from the Jordanians and the Palestinian Authority. Haaretz reports that two people involved in the sale have been arrested; one in Jordan and the other in Jericho. The charge? Selling property to Jews. By the way, the PA law calls for nothing less than the death penalty for selling land Jews.

Discriminatory? Yes. Racist? For sure. Any comment from the left or the media? Of course not. The UN or Human Rights Watch? No and no. Not if the Arabs are the culpits.

The U.S. Warns Norway On Iran

Quisling is alive and well in Norway. Bloomberg News reports;

The U.S. State Department has warned Norway's energy minister that companies investing in Iran's oil and natural gas industry face potential sanctions from the U.S. Government.

Statoil ASA, Norway's largest oil company, is increasing its investment in Iran's South Pars gas development. The company signed an agreement in 2002 to help develop the Persian Gulf field, the world's largest natural-gas deposit.

"The Iran question was mentioned to me in the meeting with the State Department" today, Odd Roger Enoksen, Norway's minister of petroleum and energy, told reporters after giving a speech in Washington today. "I have heard that they have met with Norwegian companies."

For the Norwegians it's par for the course. They were the first western country to loudly recognize the Palestinian Unity Government and send a diplomatic mission. Apparently, Norway hasn't learned their lesson from WWII. You never win when you play nice with the devil.

Vladimir Putin is also trying to play nice with the devil. Putin took time from his busy schedule to email Arab leaders at the annual Arab conference in Riyadh. Putin had this to say;

"The success of steps to end violence in Iraq depended on clearly setting out a time limit for the foreign military presence in the country".

Sure Vladdy; our surrender will stop the violence. To spite the U.S. and pander to the Arabs, Putin has no problem playing the hypocrite. Can you say Chechnya?

Unconditional Surrender

The leaders of 22 Arab nations unanimously approved the Saudi Peace Plan on Wednesday night. Based on the terms of the plan, the Arabs have essentially called for Israel's unconditional surrender. The Right of Return and the Israeli withdrawal to pre-1967 borders is all but suicide for the Jewish State. That's why the vote was unanimous. Rest assured, if the Arabs agree on a particular point, you know it can't be good for Israel. Imagine Chavez and Ahmadinejad agreeing on a proposal they put forth to the U.S.; you know that wouldn't be good for the Americans.

The Arab rhetoric clearly points to the fact that the Peace Plan is actually an ultimatum. Here are some choice bits;

"If we don't move forward we will witness an escalation of violence in the region"- Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa

"If Israel refuses, that means it doesn't want peace and it places everything back into the hands of fate. They will be putting their future not in the hands of the peacemakers but in the hands of the lords of war" - Prince Saud, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister

Interestingly enough, Israel's closest partner in this whole story, Hamas, has already canned the Plan.

The spokesman for Hamas in the Palestinian parliament, Salah al-Bardawil, told Haaretz, "We will not agree to recognition of Israel or peace with it as it appears in the initiative. We have no problem with the part of the initiative that calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders and the right of refugees to return."

Bardawil told Haaretz that Meshal had promised to Saudi King Adbullah that Hamas will work with the Arab consensus view, but "we cannot recognize Israel or agree to peace and normalization."

The whole Plan is obviously a non-starter. Israel couldn't (and shouldn't) accept a deal that their most hostile enemy refuses accept. Israel has suffered long enough from Olmert's unilateral ceasefire that it really does not need it to continue any longer.

It is sort of surprising that the Arab world has mustered the courage to dictate terms as if they have the upper hand. There is no doubt in my mind as to the winner in the military arena. So where does this courage come from? Very simple. After Sharon and Olmert have led Israel down a road of concessions in return for nothing and restraint in the face of incessant hostility, it's no shocker that the Arabs feel a certain sense of safety.

Condi Rice is no help either. Her very clear break from the President's position of "with us or against us in the war on terror" has further emboldened the Arabs. She shamed her office and country when she proudly proclaims that Olmert and Abbas will meet every two weeks. Give Condi a pat on the back and dinner for two at Hardee's. She brokered a meeting between a fading ally and an ally of terror. Three cheers for Condi. She directly legitimized the Palestinian Unity Government. She indirectly legitimized Hamas.

The Arabs feel strong enough to offer Israel a deal they know Israel cannot take. They feel even stronger than that to link its lack of acceptance to more hostilities. This is what appeasement gets you. It weakens the strong and emboldens the fool. Rice and Olmert continue to do for the Arabs what the Arabs can't do for themselves; unite bravely for a common cause. With friends like these….

China Supporting Iran In the War Against The Dollar

This from Bloomberg News;

Iran is cutting its U.S. dollar reserves to less than 20 percent of total foreign currency holdings, and will buy more euros and yen as tensions with the U.S. increase, Central Bank Governor Ebrahim Sheibany said. "We are trying to diversify our reserves and of course it is very natural to switch to currencies other than U.S. dollars," Sheibany said today in Kuala Lumpur, adding that Iran has no "meaningful'" economic relations with the U.S. About 20 percent of the country's $50 billion to $100 billion of foreign reserves is in dollars, he said.

The country can sell its oil in euros or any other currency, Sheibany told reporters. Buyers "don't mind to switch because they need our oil," he said.

The latest U.S. sanctions won't damage Iran's economy because they are limited to "some special areas" and the country is "used to this sort of activity," Sheibany said in Malaysia, where he is attending an Islamic finance conference.

It was also revealed today that as early as last year, China's state run oil company started paying for Iranian oil in Euros. Zhuhai Zhenrong Corp. is the world's biggest buyer of Iranian crude. They purchase an average of 240,000 barrels a day. That's 7,200,000 barrels a month. At roughly $62 per barrel, that almost half a billion dollars a month that are no longer being bought. Economics 101? Supply and demand? You get the point.

I have previously written here, here, here and here on the topic. The economic war is in full swing.

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When Sewage Attacks

The retaining wall of a large cesspool collapsed in Gaza this morning, and is causing a very unpleasant situation. You can read the story here. Israel has offered assistance but the Palestinians have refused the help. One PA Minister even fingered Israel as the culprit. Same old story.

However, I couldn't take a pass when I saw this picture:



A new meaning to expression "Swimming up s***'s creek".

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A Peace Plan For The Saudis To Chew On

Upon close examination of the "Saudi Peace Proposal", it becomes apparent that the Arab nations who have unanimously approved the plan have demanded nothing short of a complete and unconditional Israeli surrender. Each one of the three non negotiable points of the proposal is damaging enough to the Jewish state to perhaps render it totally indefensible; be it the right of return of Palestinians and their descendants, the Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 border or the partition of Jerusalem. Under normal circumstances, these types of terms are dictated to nations who have lost a war and not to a nation who is willing to negotiate before the battle begins. Unless of course that nation is Israel.

The feasibility of such a suicidal plan has been reinforced by an impotent Israeli government led by the most incompetent Prime Minister Olmert. Olmert is totally preoccupied by the criminal accusations surrounding himself and many of his ministers. He is also crippled by a 3% approval rating. The Saudi Suicide Plan is just what the doctor ordered for Olmert; a distraction. However, instead of taking a stand and publicly exposing the Saudi plan for what it's worth, Olmert claims that it is a basis for further talks. Irresponsible statements like these only give credence to the plan. You can't really blame the EU or the UN for pushing the plan forward if Israel itself seems to find it worth discussing.

Why look for new agreements when the framework is in place from a previously signed pact? How's about we test the Arab diplomats and offer them terms based on an agreement which the Arab world has already signed off on? The response would be interesting.

Whatever happened to the Faisal-Weizmann Agreement, which was signed on January 3, 1919, by Emir Faisal (son of the King of Hejaz) and Chaim Weizmann (later President of the World Zionist Organization) as part of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 which settled disputes stemming from World War I?

The basic terms of the agreement were:

The agreement committed both parties to conducting all relations between the groups by the most cordial goodwill and understanding, to work together to encourage immigration of Jews into Palestine on a large scale while protecting the rights of the Arab peasants and tenant farmers, and to safeguard the free practice of religious observances. The Muslim Holy Places were to be under Muslim control.

The Zionist movement undertook to assist the Arab residents of Palestine and the future Arab state to develop their natural resources and establish a growing economy.

The Kingdom of Hedjaz undertook to support the Balfour Declaration of 1917 calling for a Jewish national home in Palestine.

The border was to look something like this;

Hussein himself wrote in Mecca's Al Qibla, 23 March 1918:

"The resources of the country are still virgin soil and will be developed by the Jewish immigrants. One of the most amazing things until recent times was that the Palestinian used to leave his country, wandering over the high seas in every direction. His native soil could not retain a hold on him.... At the same time, we have seen the Jews from foreign countries streaming to Palestine from Russia, Germany, Austria, Spain, and America. The cause of causes could not escape those who had a gift of deeper insight. They knew that the country was for its original sons, for all their differences, a sacred and beloved homeland. The return of these exiles to their homeland will prove materially and spiritually an experimental school for their brethren who are with them in the fields, factories, trades and all things connected to the land."

Faisal wrote this in a letter regarding the agreement;

"We Arabs, especially the educated among us, look with the deepest sympathy on the Zionist movement. Our delegation here in Paris is fully acquainted with the proposals submitted yesterday to the Zionist organization to the Peace Conference, and we regard them as moderate and proper."

The agreement later shortly collapsed when the British and French carved up the Arab world, thus denying Faisal his greater Arab nation.

What say you Saudi Arabia?

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The Lamest Of Ducks

The lame duck that is Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is reaching for a life line in what seems to be a last ditch effort to save his failing administration. Even if it takes selling his country out.

If it quacks....

In response to the Saudi "Peace Plan", which is really a request for Israel to surrender without a fight, Olmert had this to say;

"Israel is willing to make sweeping, painful and tough concessions to encourage dialogue with its enemies."

Imagine that. Olmert is willing to make concessions in order to get the enemy to talk with him. To talk; not to receive any concessions, just to talk. Take more money, take more land, just please, pretty please, talk to me. Make me look important. Save my job!! Pathetic.

Arab diplomats have repeated that the "Right of Return" is a firm demand and not open for negotiations. That alone means the destruction of Israel. Needless to say how suicidal a retreat to the pre-1967 border would be.

Olmert is done. His Kadima party is done. His hand selected ministers are under criminal investigation. Olmert himself is in serious legal hot water. The man will do anything at this point in order to save his quickly sinking ship. Even sell his own country out.

German Judge Bows To Islam

I ran across a shocking story today in "Der Spiegel Online". Here is the brunt of it;

The case seems simply too strange to be true. A 26-year-old mother of two wanted to free herself from what had become a miserable and abusive marriage.

A quick divorce seemed to be the only solution -- the 26-year-old was unwilling to wait the year between separation and divorce mandated by German law. Her lawyer, Barbara Becker-Rojczyk agreed and she filed for immediate divorce with a Frankfurt court last October. They both felt that the domestic violence and death threats easily fulfilled the "hardship" criteria necessary for such an accelerated split.

In January, though, a letter arrived from the judge adjudicating the case. The judge rejected the application for a speedy divorce by referring to a passage in the Koran that some have controversially interpreted to mean that a husband can beat his wife. It's a supposed right which is the subject of intense debate among Muslim scholars and clerics alike. "The exercise of the right to castigate does not fulfill the hardship criteria as defined by Paragraph 1565 (of German federal law)," the daily Frankfurter Rundschau quoted the judge's letter as saying. It must be taken into account, the judge argued, that both man and wife have Moroccan backgrounds.

The judge has since been excused from the case. However, it is unlikely the case will be heard again before the one year time limit expires.

Unbelievable!! Not only did the judge make a mockery of women's rights, she made a mockery of the German Law!! Is the fear of Islam so great that a judge is willing to place Sharia law over the law of a Democratic state? What happened to the "law of the land"? I doubt that I would be able to pop open a cool one in Saudi Arabia because my religious background permits alcohol consumption. I think it's high time that everyone stops bending over to please the un-pleasable. Stand up and be counted.

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More Enemies Amongst Us

Can you imagine a member of the House or Senate calling for an international boycott or sanctions against the United States? Can you imagine the public bashing this individual would take? Some would even call it traitorous. I would. It would not be a stretch to say it would most likely be a career ending event.

That’s exactly what occurred today in Israel. However, the outcome will probably be very different that what you would imagine. This from the Jerusalem Post;

United Arab List MK Taleb a-Sanaa on Tuesday called on the international community to boycott Israel, after a large group of yeshiva students moved into a Hebron home formerly owned by a Palestinian who claimed not to have sold them the house.

"The Israeli government is self-righteous and is not evacuating illegal settlers, thereby trampling international agreements and rights," A-Sanaa said. "The international community should positively consider boycotting Israel, which is endangering the stability of the region."

A-Sanaa blamed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his government for the settlers' occupation of the house, which he referred to as "the lawbreaking settlers running wild in the city."

The fifth column.

Whatever the outcome may be, it is premature to make any snap judgments. It is definitely out of place for a Member of Parliament to call for an international boycott against his own country. The same country that pays him a hefty salary and endows him with a great package of benefits. The same country that affords him all the rights as it does the Jews. Even more. It affords him the platform to undermine the very existence of the country he is supposed to support in his position as a Member of Parliament.

It looks like we need more rope. The traitors are all around us.

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George Soros' Two Cents

George Soros weighed in on the Middle East in today's Financial Times. As usual, Soros plays the appeasing liberal fool. Here is his take on The Hamas Unity Government;

The U.S. and Israel must recognize a Palestinian unity government including Hamas, as the first step toward a peace settlement that would help avoid disaster in the Middle East.

According to Soros, legitimizing the terrorists will help avoid disaster.

If the parties had accepted the results of the Palestinian election, Hamas' more moderate political wing might have gained sway over its militant wing, as the politicians sought to please voters.

Hamas is Hamas. There is no moderate political wing. The political wing is the mask that covers the ugly face of Hamas.

Hamas' unwillingness to recognize the existence of Israel is a problem, yet that could be made a condition for a settlement, rather than a prerequisite for negotiations.

What settlement? To this day Hamas still stands by its platform calling for Israel's destruction.

This is classic Soros. He lays the responsibility at the feet of the victims of terror while he tries to rationalize and understand why the terrorists would commit such terrible deeds.

Some gems from Soros past;

"How can we escape from the trap that the terrorists have set us?" Only by recognizing that the war on terrorism cannot be won by waging war. We must, of course, protect our security; but we must also correct the grievances on which terrorism feeds...."

The supremacist ideology of the Bush Administration stands in opposition to the principles of an open society, which recognize that people have different views and that nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth. The supremacist ideology postulates that just because we are stronger than others, we know better and have right on our side.

And my favorite….

"There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and the Sharon administration contribute to that".

Blame the victim. George Soros, you are a sorry excuse for a Jew. You are a sorry excuse for a human being.

The Fifth Column In The Parliament

The Arab Members of Knesset most have read my previous post and decided to prove it true. The Arab Israelis are the fifth column. Here are two quotes from the Jerusalem Post;

MK Ibrahim Sarsour (UAL-TA'AL) drew the ire of right-wing Knesset members on Sunday when he called for "Muslims and Arabs" to "liberate Jerusalem. Speaking at the "Jerusalem First" conference in Ramallah, the lawmaker emphasized the importance of Jerusalem to Islam, and called on participants to "act together to become a torrent on the road to liberation. Just as the Muslims once liberated Jerusalem from the Crusaders, so must we today believe that we can liberate Jerusalem. It is not an impossible dream," he said.

MK Muhammad Barakei (Hadash) accused Israel of trying to "empty Jerusalem of its Palestinian inhabitants." Calling Jerusalem a "national issue, not just a religious issue," he called on Palestinians to take cohesive, immediate action to "reclaim the city."

My tax shekels are paying these traitors? The only thing I would contribute to their cause is the money to buy the rope.

The Fifth Column

If you weren't sure how to gauge the loyalty of Israeli Arab citizens to the Jewish State, the following numbers should help clear things up. According to a just completed poll conducted by Sami Smoocha, a prominent sociologist at the University of Haifa, Israeli Arabs are the fifth column. Here are some of the numbers;

28 percent of Israeli Arabs do not believe the Holocaust happened.

48 percent believe that Hezbollah rocket attacks on northern Israel during that war were justified.

89 percent said they viewed the IDF's bombing of Lebanon as a war crime, only 44 percent said they saw Hezbollah's attacks on Israel as such.

50 percent said Hezbollah's capture of IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev in a cross-border raid was justified.

76 percent described Zionism as racism.

Things are so bad for the Arabs in Israel, but yet they prefer it here rather than somewhere else.

62 percent worry that Israel could transfer their communities to the jurisdiction of a future Palestinian state.

What's there to fear from your Moslem brothers? Traitors one and all

The Iraqi Poll That The Democrats Will Surely Ignore

If the Democrats and liberals really wanted to know the truth about Iraq, they would read today's edition of Britain's Sunday Times. In a newly released poll of 5,000 Iraqis, things seem to be much better than the MSM is letting on. Here is the Times;

"MOST Iraqis believe life is better for them now than it was under Saddam Hussein, according to a British opinion poll published today.

The survey of more than 5,000 Iraqis found the majority optimistic despite their suffering in sectarian violence since the American-led invasion four years ago this week.

One in four Iraqis has had a family member murdered, says the poll by Opinion Research Business. In Baghdad, the capital, one in four has had a relative kidnapped and one in three said members of their family had fled abroad. But when asked whether they preferred life under Saddam, the dictator who was executed last December, or under Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, most replied that things were better for them today.

Only 27% think there is a civil war in Iraq, compared with 61% who do not, according to the survey carried out last month.

By a majority of two to one, Iraqis believe military operations now under way will disarm all militias."

The MSM and Democrats seem to know what's better. Pull out the troops and surrender.

However, the civilians on the ground who are suffering more than anyone else believe that the war is win-able. They want us to keep on going. The Democrats won't have any of it, for if the war would be prosecuted to the end, the Dems would be as dead as Saddam in '08.

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Hamas Prevails For Now

Despite the renewed declaration of terror by The Hamas Unity Government (THUG), France and others are already celebrating the unification. For those who missed, it here is the most disturbing point in THUG's platform:

"The government confirms that the resistance is a legitimate right for the Palestinian people ... halting resistance depends on ending the occupation and achieving freedom, the right of return and independence."

Resistance, of course means terror, and the right of return means the demographic destruction of Israel. With the signing of this agreement, PA Chairman Abbas has officially removed the "moderate" sign that has been hanging on his door. There is no longer any Fatah government that wants a peaceful solution. There really never was. However, now it has become official.

Despite this, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy on Thursday said the formation of a new Palestinian government will open "a new chapter" in relations with the international community.

Blazy continued, "I am convinced that this gesture will also lead to the creation of the conditions which are more favorable to the normalization of cooperation with the international community and the revival of the peace process."

Douste-Blazy proposed a meeting with his Palestinian counterpart Ziad Abou Amr in order to "jointly explore the opportunities presented by this new development."

What exactly does Blazy have in mind when he refers to a "new chapter"? The government he is applauding has specifically stated that the terror will go on.

What does Blazy mean when he says that this "will lead to the creation of the conditions which are more favorable"? Favorable for what; for peace or for jihad?

And just what does Blazy plan to "jointly explore" with Hamas? Did Blazy forget that even the bleeding heart liberal EU has declared Hamas a terrorist group? Is THUG France's new partner in the Middle East?

France is not alone. The new UN Chief didn’t arrive late to the party. His spokesperson Michele Montas told journalists that the UN chief is now looking forward to the formation of both the government and its program. What program is he looking forward to? Does he mean program or pogrom? THUG has made their platform very clear. Not much to look forward to.

THUG has won for now. They have stood their ground from day one. They have remained true to their platform. Terror and the destruction of Israel. Despite THUG's clear intentions, the EU and the UN have broken ranks with sense and logic. It's only a matter of time before EU aid comes poring in to a terrorist organization that the EU itself has declared unholy.

THUG has broken Israel, too. The Israeli left has also declared this as an "opportunity" to further the peace process. "Dr." Yossi Beilin, Chairman of the anti-Semitic left wing Meretz Party is licking his chops for an opportunity to sit with THUG reps.

The only one missing from this party is the Reverend Jim Jones. More Kool-Aid??

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New Israeli Currency

Some in Israel felt a bit slighted when Iran recently issued their new 50,000 Rial note. What really took them by surprise was the atomic logo proudly displayed on the bill. Not to be outdone, Israel is to issue the new 0 Shekel note. In contrast to the nuclear logo, Treasury officials have opted for nuclear toxic waste instead.

The UN Goes To Bat For Israel; For A Day

The UN is finally going to bat for Israel in the face of the entire Muslim world. UNESCO is expected to present their findings to its Director General tomorrow in the case of the Temple Mount dig. After typical Islamic outrage and violence blended with the usual mix propaganda and threats, UNESCO had sent a team of observers to determine whether the project was causing damage to the al-Aqsa mosque; the highlight of the Arab occupation of Judaism's holiest site.

UNESCO is expected to report as follows: That the excavation was being done with complete transparency and in no way damages the Temple Mount. The video clip featured on an earlier post of mine clearly proves the same.

However, the UN can't leave well enough alone and will call on Israel to suspend further work until international observation can take place. The fact that the UNESCO mission was mandated to observe and not issue recommendations is of no concern when dealing with Israel. Furthermore, after UNESCO determined that the dig is "transparent" and no damage is being incurred, why the need for observers? Can't UNESCO just call Abdullah of Jordan and the Arab League and tell them to quit the lies?


The UN Human Rights Council got underway in Geneva on Monday and they are expected to put the heat on Israel for the dig. Despite the UNESCO findings, the HRC never misses an opportunity to dump on Israel. Since its inception, the HRC has issued eight violations against Israel AND NOT ONE AGAINST ANY OTHER NATION!! ANY NATION!! Syria, Somalia, and North Korea are all OK. So are Pakistan, Cuba and Saudi Arabia. As usual at the UN, it's all about Israel.

Even on a day that the UN finally admitted the truth about Israel, the HRC will manage to make that a one day event.

Right of Return For Arabs?

The recent meetings between Israel and the PA have once again brought the Arab demand for the "Palestinian Right of Return" front and center. The proposal calls for millions of Palestinians to return to the lands they evacuated in 1948. Those who don't return would be compensated. The demand includes not only the "refugees" but four generations of descendants as well. Such a "return" would be the end of Israel as a Jewish State. That is why the Arab world demands it. Death by attrition.

Why did the Arabs leave in 1948? This from Israel's War Against Terror;

They knew that a war was imminent; they didn't doubt that the Arab armies would quickly win a sweeping victory, and they wanted to be as far as possible from the battlefield. The second wave of emigration came in the spring of 1948, after fighting had erupted between Arab irregulars and Jewish defense forces. This time the urban population was involved, and in far greater numbers - for example, some seventy thousand from Jaffa and sixty thousand from Haifa. An estimated total of over two hundred thousand Arabs emigrated in this wave, despite strenuous efforts of the Jews in various parts of the country to dissuade them from leaving. The Haifa Workers' Council, for example, published, on 28 April 1948, the following plea: "...our city flourished and developed for the good of both Jewish and Arab residents ... Do not destroy your homes with your own hands; do not bring tragedy upon yourselves by unnecessary evacuation and self-imposed burdens. By moving out you will be overtaken by poverty and humiliation. But in this city, yours and ours, Haifa, the gates are open for work, for life, and for peace, for you and your families." This appeal, however, and many similar ones, were of no avail. Most of the local Arab leaders had already managed to take flight, and directly or indirectly, they encouraged the Palestinian population from across the border to "temporarily" leave their homes.

But the largest wave of Arab refugees, three hundred thousand or more, followed the massive Arab invasion of 15 May 1948, the day after Israel's declaration of independence. The large majority of these emigrants were of the poorer strata of the Arab population, both urban and rural, the former group including day laborers such as the thousands of port workers who had come to Palestine from Syria.

The Palestinians gambled and lost.

Here is a very relevant quote;

Now as far as the refugees are concerned, one has to understand that the existence of these refugees is a direct result of the Arab States' opposition to the partition plan of 1947 and the reconstitution of the State of Israel. The Arab states adopted this policy unanimously, and the responsibility of its results, therefore is theirs. -Emil Ghory, secretary of the Arab High Council, in an interview published on 6 September 1948 in the Lebanese daily Al-Telegraph, soon after the events occurred and before this topic became an important theme of Arab propaganda.

In a discussion of the Arab refugee problem in the UN Security Council on 4 March 1949, the Soviet delegate said "Statements have been made on the Arab refugee question, but why should the State of Israel be blamed for the existence of that problem? When seeking to determine responsibility for the existence of the problem of the Arab refugees, we cannot fail to mention the outside forces ... They pursue their own selfish interests which have nothing in common either with the cause of peace and international security or with the interests of the Arab and Jewish peoples, and which only correspond to the aggressive designs of the leading circles of some states."

It is clear that the so called "refugee" problem was nothing short of the Arabs abandoning their homes while banking on an Arab victory in the Israeli War of Independence. They were not evicted. They were not herded into refugee camps. At least not until they arrived amongst their Arab brothers in surrounding countries.

The sad irony is that nothing is mentioned of the Jewish refugees. Upon the establishment of the State of Israel, neighboring Arab countries for the most part evicted the Jewish residents and confiscated their property. According to a 2003 study by the "Justice For Jews From Arab Countries", whose honorary chairmen were Irwin Cotler, a liberal Canadian MP and Richard Holbrooke, former US Ambassador to the UN, 850,000 Jews left Arab countries, and over $1 billion of property was left behind or confiscated. These Jews did not leave willingly and they surely didn't get receipts for their assets.

No one is demanding compensation for the Jews who were forced out of their lands, while no one seems to get enough of the Palestinian demands for the return of assets they willingly surrendered.

The story continues today as I read in the Hebrew edition of Maariv. You can read the whole story here about a Jewish family who had their property confiscated by Egypt. Egypt subsequently sold the property to none other than Coca-Cola!! The Supreme Court of the United States is expected to hear the case within the next few days.

The Palestinian right of return is a farce. It is nothing short of a ruse to destroy Israel from within. It has no legal basis. Compared to the Jewish refugee issue, the Palestinians are looking to cash a lottery ticket without the winning numbers. It will never happen.

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A Hamas "Book Burning"

This from the AP;

The Hamas-run Palestinian Education Ministry on Saturday rescinded a controversial decision to pull an anthology of Palestinian folk tales from school libraries and destroy copies, reportedly over mild sexual innuendo, following a widespread public outcry.

Education Minister Nasser Shaer, of Hamas, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that he had not been informed of this week's decision to ban the book, Speak Bird, Speak Again. Some 1,500 copies of the book were destroyed - the most direct attempt by the militant Muslim group to impose their beliefs on Palestinian society.

In another era, a tyrannical government resorted to book burning to eradicate ideas foreign to their own beliefs.

Fact. Hamas responds to Palestinian public opinion. Question. Why are there no Palestinian protests against suicide bombings and rocket attacks against civilians?

Fact. Hamas responds to Palestinian public opinion. Question. Why are there no Palestinians lobbying for a peaceful two state settlement?

Answer. They don't want to protest or lobby. They want Hamas to continue the fight. After all, they elected Hamas on that very platform.

Racism Personified

The UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination concluded its seventieth session and issued its findings in a report released late yesterday. Israel, as usual, was front and center. The committee (whose findings are not binding) expressed "concern" and sometimes even "deep concern" over Israel's treatment of Israeli Arabs and Palestinians.

Needless to say no Arab nations were investigated for racial discrimination against Jewish citizens. That would be senseless since most of those countries deny citizenship to Jews. I guess if Israel evicted all the Arabs, then in the UN's eyes there would no longer be racial discrimination.

Here are some key accusations from the report; each section followed by analysis.

The Committee noted with concern that the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Order) of May 2003 suspended the granting of citizenship and residence permits in Israel, including through family reunification, to residents of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, except in limited exceptions. Such measures had a disproportionate impact on Arab Israeli citizens, and the Committee was concerned that those “temporary” measures had systematically been renewed, and had been expanded to citizens of “enemy States”.

The law is designed to prevent Palestinians who marry Israeli Arabs from entitlement to Israeli citizenship. The law protects the demographic integrity of the Jewish state. In light of the Islamic track record of Women's Rights, it also prevents the pre-arranged marriages of terrorists and Arab Israelis, whose sole purpose is to gain admittance for the terrorists into Israel. Of course it has a disproportionate impact on Arabs since Jewish marriages and family unions are not designed to be "jihadic infiltrations".

The UN also shows the wisdom to admonish Israel for not allowing citizens from enemy states to enter its borders. The horror.

As of this writing, not one single Israeli Arab has petitioned the Palestinian Authority for Palestinian citizenship for a newly married couple. Sort of ironic that all these Arabs want citizenship in the racist Israeli state. Sort of ironic that not one Israeli Arab is ready to relinquish his Israeli citizenship in favor of the Palestinian variety. Shouldn't they prefer to live in a non-racist country in which their share a common culture, language and religion? Can't be too bad now in Israel, can it?

The Committee recommended that Israel assess the extent to which the maintenance of separate Arab and Jewish “sectors” might amount to racial segregation. Mixed Arab-Jewish communities and schools should be promoted and strong action taken to promote intercultural education.

The UN charges that Israel should promote "intercultural education".

The Israeli educational system has come under attack recently as being too liberal. They teach Arabic, Islamic history, Palestinian rights and promote the peace process. Just this week it was proposed that new monies be allocated to Arab schools at the expense of the "settlers".

The Palestinian educational system teaches that Israel has no right to exist. Maps show a Palestinian state from river to sea. All Jewish history in Israel is portrayed as fiction. The blood libels of the Middle Ages are alive and well in Palestine. Who exactly needs to promote change in the curriculum? Intercultural?

The Committee recommended that Israel cease construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, dismantle that structure, and make reparation for all damage caused.

I refer to my post of November 19. Here is Ramadan Abdallah Shalah, Secretary General of the Syrian based Islamic Jihad; “The fence is a barrier and has completely changed the situation on the ground”. He also admitted that the security fence built by Israel makes it very difficult on his organization to perpetrate attacks against Israel.

The UN can't allow that.

Anyone who denies Israel's right to the security fence is aiding and abetting terror.

Finally, the Committee urged Israel to ensure that the excavations at Al-Aqsa Mosque in no way endangered the Mosque or impeded access to it.

Since when does an archaeological dig fall under the guidelines of racism? Only if Israel is involved. As any fool knows, the work does not endanger the mosque nor impede access; it eases access. The illegal work the Wakf has done on the Temple Mount over the past years has done more damage to the site than 2000 years of natural erosion.


I guess that in the eyes of the UN, it doesn't pay to do the right thing. Perhaps if Israel treated the Palestinians in the same fashion that Egypt relates to the Islamic Brotherhood or as the Jordanians treated the Palestinians in that famous September over 30 years ago, the UN would overlook the issue.

If anything, Israel is guilty of overprotecting the Arabs. In no civilized country except Israel does a government offer full protection for a minority who publicly rallies for the destruction of the very same state. In no civilized country except Israel does the parliament allow its members to travel abroad and meet with the heads of recognized terrorists organizations. In no civilized country except Israel are religious national Jewish parties outlawed while Arab parties who proudly call themselves supporters of Hezbollah paid a government wage.

If anything, the UN is racism personified; the anti Israeli prototype. They spin lies into truth and turn criminals into victims. The UN needs to abandon all its pretentious committees and just look in the mirror in order to find the real criminal.

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Iranian Official Defected With Documents

This from Arutz Sheva;

The London based daily "A-Shark al-Awsat" reported today that former Iranian Deputy Defense Minister, Ali Riza Asgari, left Turkey and traveled to Europe under a new identity supplied to him by the west.

A source in the Iranian government told the newspaper Asgari defected with military maps and documents containing details on the Iranian military and the connections between the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and Iraqi terror groups.

The Washington Post quotes a senior American source as confirming that Asgari is providing information to those bodies about Hezbollah and its connection to Iran.

And this from Haaretz:

Ram Igra, a retired official with Israel's Mossad espionage agency, said this week that Asghari is best known to Israel as the "founder" of Hezbollah. Igra said that before Asghari took up the Defense Ministry post, he had been a commander with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the main sponsor Hezbollah."In the 1980s and early 1990s, Asgari was responsible for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon. This is his real importance, not his connection to the Iranian Defense Ministry," Igra told Israel Radio."He lived in Lebanon and, in effect, was the man who built, promoted and founded Hezbollah in those years," Igra said. "If he has something to give the West, it is in this context of terrorism and Hezbollah's network in Lebanon."

Not only is this beginning to sound more and more like a cold war spy thriller, but it is also becoming very apparent that this was not a kidnapping but a well planned defection.

This looks like a major coup for President Bush and allies. It will be very amusing to see how the Dems spin the story once the press starts leaking documents. This time around, nobody will be able to say, "There was no evidence".

We will all see in black and white what Hezbollah is all about. We will see just what is going on in Nuclear Iran.

Congratulations to all the fine men and women for a job well done. This is going to be huge.

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The Untold Truth

I just got of the phone with a friend of mine from work. I knew that he was taking his wife to the hospital for a test, so I figured I would check in. After he updated me, he mentioned that he thought of me while they were in the hospital. It was in the context of this blog. Naturally, he is an avid reader.

He couldn't help but notice the large amount of Arabs that were in the hospital. He couldn't help but notice the professional and humane regard in which they were received in the waiting room.

I have come across the same scene countless times in my ten years in the country; Arab citizens being afforded every benefit that a Jewish citizen would be afforded. I have seen news clips of terrorists being treated in Israeli hospitals while handcuffed to the bed. Of course, at the taxpayers expense. The taxpayer he is sworn to kill.

The MSM prefers to report on the Palestinian woman who gave birth at an Israeli security checkpoint because she was not admitted to Israel. Why didn't she go to a Palestinian hospital? Where is the estimated $22 billion dollars in foreign aid given to the PA to help a woman like this?

The answer is simple yet ignored. I imagine that many Arabs would rather live in a democratic Israel than a tyrannical or theocratic Islamic country.

They won't admit it, but they have it pretty good here. They enjoy all the rights that Jews do. They have full citizenship, government sponsored health care and education. They enjoy the right to vote and elect Arab Party members to the Knesset. They are educated in Israel's finest colleges and live in the dorms just like everyone else. All of the above does not apply to Jews living in Arab countries. The Jews are pariahs.

If it was so bad here, the Arab Israeli citizens would have fled to the PA controlled areas. They haven't. They are scared to death to live there. That would be living under an occupation. An Arab occupation. No one in their right mind wants that.

PS I wish my friends all the best.

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The EU Is At A Breaking Point

This yesterday from Xinhua News:

The Europe Union maintained its suspension of direct aid to the Palestinian government on Monday as the bloc's foreign ministers met in Brussels.

France and Sweden, among several EU members, were reportedly in favor of a restart of assistance, but the suspension was left unchanged as others wanted to take a wait-and-see position.

"We have to see the personalities, program and actions (of a new government) and then we will judge if we can gradually re-engage with the Palestinian Authority," European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero Waldner told reporters.

This today from the Jerusalem Post;

Israel will eventually disappear from the world and the Palestinians should be prepared for that, Israel Radio reported Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Mashaal saying Tuesday during a meeting in Teheran with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad.

And this today from the New York Times;

The chief of Shin Bet, the Israeli internal security service, said Monday that the Islamic movement Hamas had sent dozens of men from Gaza to Iran for military training.

“We know that Hamas has started to dispatch people to Iran, tens, and a promise of hundreds,” the intelligence chief, Yuval Diskin, told a small group of correspondents here in a rare on-the-record briefing.

The training would last months, perhaps years, he said, adding, “I see this as the strategic danger, more than any weapons smuggled into Gaza.”
Ahmed Youssef, an adviser to Ismail Haniya, the Hamas-backed Palestinian prime minister, responded from Gaza by telephone that Hamas “has not sent anyone to Iran,” and that Mr. Diskin’s comment was “propaganda, to hurt a new government.”

Mr. Youssef said there “are attempts to send some men from the Executive Force,” a Hamas-led parallel paramilitary police force, “to Arab countries for police training.”

The signs are clear as day. Hamas is continuing to use the "ceasefire" with Israel as an opportunity to prepare for the next battle. Iran's fingerprints are all over this; from Hezbollah and Syria in the north to Hamas in the south.

Despite the fact that the EU has still not broken and resumed financial aid to the Palestinians, the writing is on the wall. France (as usual) and others are already breaking ranks. If the EU continues to conduct its foreign policy ala Iran, then it's safe to say that Hamas' check is in the mail.

The EU prominently lists Hamas on their "terrorist organization" list. Even so, they refuse to outright deny the Hamas led government financial aid. They are still waiting to see "personalities, program and actions ". If they really wanted to see" personalities, program and actions", they just have to read the dailies. Hamas is not shy about their intentions. Apparently the EU is.

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Iranian Slight Of Hand

Much has been made of this

the new Iranian 50,000 Rial note. The focus has been on the "nuclear logo" embedded on the map of Iran. More important however, is the fact that this is now the largest denomination of the Iranian currency. Until now the 20,000 Rial note held the title.

A little known fact is that inflation in Iran is currently running at a whopping 16%. This can't be good news for Dinny. Is the nuke logo a diversion from the latest crisis facing the Iranian economy?

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King Abdullah And Arab Hypocrisy

Interviewed on state television before his departure for the United States, Jordan's King Abdullah II said Friday that Israel must choose between the mentality of "Israel the fortress or living in peace and security with its neighbors."

The King said the United States was the country most capable of influencing Israel. "It is time that the US employ this influence to prove its transparency to the people of the region, and that it is not biased," Abdullah said.

Referring to the United States, he said: "It is our duty to push this great state, and others, to take balanced positions and support the peace process." -Jerusalem Post

A couple of observations;

As usual, Arab leaders place the responsibility of choosing between peace and war on Israel and nobody else. Neighboring governments sworn to Israel's destruction have no obligation according to Ab-dull-ah to make such choices. He knows all too well that the choice has been made.

Ab-dull-ah claims the US must prove its transparency and lack of bias when deciding between Israel and Hamas. Treat them both the same.

The absurdity is that the only parties that have shown any interest in peace are singled out for not trying enough while the Palestinian war faction gets no mention.

What is even more absurd is the hypocrisy of Ab-dull-ah. He treats the Palestinians living in Jordan like garbage, yet takes Israel to task on a daily basis for the same.

Here are some little known facts about Palestinians in Jordan;

Palestinians constitute about one-half of Jordan’s population, and most of these Palestinians are Sunni Muslim. A people without a sovereign state of its own, Jordan's Palestinian community is comprised of those who found themselves under Jordanian rule when part of Palestine was incorporated into Transjordan upon its foundation in 1946 and those who fled to Jordan as a result of Israel’s 1948 War of Independence and the 1967 Six-Day War, in which Israel occupied the Palestinian-populated West Bank and Gaza Strip. Palestinians range from prominent individuals assimilated fully into Jordanian society to impoverished refugees. Linguistically and religiously, Palestinians are not distinct from Jordanians, but differ in ethnicity and historical origin). Although certain Palestinians have "made it" in Jordanian society, (i.e., the queen is Palestinian), as a whole, they suffer economic discrimination in areas such as appointments to positions in the Government and the military, in admittance to public universities, and in the granting of university scholarships. Politically, as well, Palestinians suffer restrictions and social exclusion. Although they constitute about one-half of the total population, the Palestinians contributed 6 of 28 ministers. In the Parliament, 6 of 40 senators and 11 of 80 lower house members were of Palestinian background. No Palestinians held any of the governorships in Jordan. In the electoral system, greater representation is given to regions with non-Palestinian populations. Additionally, approximately 150,000 Palestinian residents – mostly refugees or children of refugees who arrived from Gaza after 1967 – do not qualify for citizenship.

While the Jordanian state is generally not repressive, (a notable exception being 1971’s Black September crackdown), there are documented recent occurrences of arrests. There have been other instances of repression in recent years. On October 6, 2000, police used batons and tear gas to disperse protesters in the Baqaa refugee camp; one person was killed and six others were injured during the protest. In April 2002, a Palestinian child died of head injuries sustained when he was hit by a tear gas canister fired by riot police who were breaking up an anti-Israeli demonstration in the Palestinian Bakaa refugee camp.

This doesn't even discuss the squalid conditions that close to 300,000 Palestinians who are detained in "refugee camps" live in. Jordan keeps the Palestinians on a very short leash, and with good cause. They know all too well what the Palestinians are.

So much for Ab-dull-ah's balanced position. Here is what Jordan thinks of Israel and the Jews.

This from a Jordanian government website;

At the aftermath of the United Nations General Assembly's vote for the partition of Historical Palestine in November 1947, the destiny of the Palestinian people was reversed. The resolution 181 II to create Jewish and Palestinian parts on Historical Palestine resulted in the main sparkle for the on going Arab Israeli war.

(Note the implication that Historical Palestine was to be partitioned to give part to the Jews, as if the Jews have no claim. This of course, is the reason for war. It's never the Arabs.)

Palestinian and Jewish clashes proliferated with Jewish para military forces operating more freely as British forces started their withdrawal and Jewish forces taking control of an area larger than the envisioned by the UN plan. Sabotage, attacks by Jewish military guerrillas continued against Palestinian villages and residents in the cities of the coast. As the British government announced to terminate the Mandate on May 15,1948, Jews proclaimed the State of Israel.

More than 700.000 Palestinian Arabs were evicted or fled" as a result of the operations of the Jewish irregular forces. They killed unarmed Palestinians in villages, intimidated them by the force of arm and conducted some human razing massacres as Tnatoura, Deir Yassin , Qibieh etc…

The same old Arab propaganda.

According to the Jordanian nationality law of the year 1954,

Any person with previous Palestinian nationality except the Jews before the date of May 14, 1948 residing in the Kingdom during the period from December 20, 1949 and February 16, 1954 is a Jordanian citizen.

By the way, as of today, Jews cannot be Jordanian citizens.

Where is your balance Ab-dull-ah?

Everyone who is not Arab is guilty. Every Arab is a victim. Unless, of course, you are a Jordanian persecuting a Palestinian. Then you are a king.

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Syria Pushes The Envelope

According to senior Israeli defense officials, Syria is upping the ante. This from the Jerusalem Post;

Syria has spent the past few months constructing and moving infrastructure to its southern border that could be used to launch a war against Israel, senior defense officials have told The Jerusalem Post.





According to the officials, the Syrian military - while restricted in the number of troops it is allowed to deploy along the border - has moved military infrastructure, including fuel depots, closer to the frontier. The Syrians have also built structures in the area that could serve as weapons stores and military bases.

"There is no doubt that something out of the ordinary is taking place on the Syrian side of the border," a high-ranking official said.

Naturally, The UN is oblivious.

The commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) deployed in Israel and Syria and responsible for maintaining the cease-fire between the two countries, told the Post in an interview that he had not noticed any military changes on the ground.
"From our point of view the situation is quiet and there is no indication from our side that anything has changed in last weeks or months," Maj.-Gen. Wolfgang Jilke said in a phone interview from Syria.

The UN also hasn't seen any Hezbollah arms smuggling. The UN doesn't see much of anything in relation to violations of UNSCR 1701. The UN is concerned with major issues such as Israeli archaeological digs.

After witnessing the Israeli military failure of last summer, it comes as no surprise that the Arab nations feel comfortable enough to start taking chances. No one really fears an Israel led by the corruption ridden Olmert government. No one really fears a country that abandons its soldiers in enemy hands.

Despite all that, Syria knows all too well that they will pay dearly for any foolish adventures that Assad may undertake. Hezbollah is a terrorist group. Syria is a country. This would be an old style war. Israel knows how to fight those.

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Bolton Comes Out Firing

John Bolton pulled no punches yesterday in an interview with Bloomberg News. He was not hesitant to take shots at President Bush and the EU on their foreign policy stands against Iran and North Korea. Here’s BN;

Bolton has been quick to voice his disappointment with the president he was serving as United Nations ambassador less than three months ago. The agreement with North Korea to exchange economic aid for a nuclear disarmament pledge shows the Bush administration has “abandoned the principles it pursued for much of its first several years in office,” he said in an interview yesterday.

Talks with either North Korea or Iran won't work, Bolton asserted. “Unless you're prepared to believe that the Iranians are voluntarily going to give up the pursuit of nuclear weapons, the idea of pursuing negotiations is ultimately going to be fruitless,” he said.

The U.S. has allowed Britain, France and Germany to “screw around” in nuclear talks with Iran, according to Bolton. The diplomacy has gone on for “three and a half years, and that allowed the Iranians to make enormous progress on their nuclear- weapons program,” he said. “Regime change in Iran or, as a last resort, military action is the only thing that will stop the Iranians from getting nuclear weapons,” Bolton said.

Food for thought.

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