We're Being Set Up for Wider War in the Middle East

Israel's path to total war

Some Questions Regarding Israel's Objectives: Is Israel Trying to Curb America's Deal-Making in Middle East?

Punching Above Its Weight
by Billmon

Failed States
by Billmon

Military Hubris
by Billmon

To Be Or Not To Be
by Billmon

Is Hezbollah in the Sweet Spot?

An Emerging Consensus on Israel's Goals in the US's Foreign Policy Establishment?

'If our Prime Minister is crying, what are we to do?'
by Robert Fisk

What I am watching in Lebanon each day is an outrage
by Robert Fisk

From my home, I saw what the 'war on terror' meant
by Robert Fisk

Israeli is preparing the battlefield
by Robert Fisk

Inside the Mind of Hezbollah

  thanks to Magpie

War Traps New Yorkers

There is a real sense of panic here among people. The foreigners and young people who have never experienced war are freaked out. And the Lebanese who lived through the civil war and remember it well are freaked out. I seem to be the only one walking around, noting the closed stores and subdued traffic and thinking, “hm, compared to Baghdad, this isn’t so bad.” I think I was in Iraq too long.

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Look who's been kidnapped!
Hundreds of Palestinian 'suspects' have been kidnapped from their homes and will never stand trial

Bush: Lean on Syria

Israel Makes Its 'Clean Break'

The Real Aim

Tomgram: Bush's Faith and the Middle East Aflame

Politicians and Media Selling America's Soul for an Israeli Shekel :: Forcing America to Pay and Die for Israel's Invasions, Occupations, and Massacres

  thanks to Yolanda Flanagan

Oh Happy Day

Is it time to get excited? I can't help the way I feel. For the first time in my Christian walk, I have no doubts that the day of the Lords appearing is upon us. I have never felt this way before, I have a joy that bubbles up every-time I think of him, for I know this is truly the time I have waited for so long. Am I alone in feeling guilty about the human suffering like my joy at his appearing some how fuels the evil I see everywhere. If it were not for the souls that hang in the balance and the horror that stalks man daily on this earth, my joy would be complete. For those of us who await his arrival know, somehow we just know it won't be long now, the Bridegroom cometh rather man is ready are not.

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