Brutalize acclaim the leach

Frontier Editor has a link on his blog this morning for Anagram Genius. The anagram of my name is:

'Brutalize acclaim the leach.'

Hm.

I'll be pondering that one for a while.

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Is it war yet?

Hezbollah has captured two Israeli soldiers and the Israeli's have increased their "response". Prime Minister Olmert has declared this kidnapping an "act of war".

From Joseph Panossian, AP:

The clashes came after Israel sharply escalated its military campaign in Gaza in an effort to press Palestinian militants to release another Israeli soldier who was captured during a raid across the Israel-Gaza border last month. Israel dropped a quarter-ton bomb on a Gaza home Wednesday in a failed attempt to assassinate top Hamas fugitives, killing seven children and two adults.

I think the response by the Israeli's has been excessive. However, Hamas knew it would be. They know well that the Israeli's have always been fiercely protective of their soliders. It is mandetory for all citizens, male and female, over 18 to serve. In one sense, the soliders in the Israeli army are everyone's children and the capture and/or death of one is deeply felt by all.

They knew what would happen. Everyone knows what would happen. That's why the did it. The jury is still out on whether or not Hezbollah captured two soliders on purpose or if it was an accident. Regardless, they've opened the second front of the Islamic-Israeli war.

And that's what this is folks. War.

See also:

Christian Science Monitor

Middle East Report

The Times


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170 to 190 people died in India yesterday. While Pakistan has condemned the attack, some are looking in their direction - or at their radical Islamic rebels, at any rate. Others are looking towards Kashmir and the Lashkar-e-Taiba.

See also: MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base


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Over 200 people have died in Iraq in just the last three days. People are still reluctant to state the obvious: Iraq is in the midst of a civil war and there is "ethnic cleansing" going on.

See: Professor Juan Cole for more details on Iraq and the Middle East.

Never forget we caused this nightmare into being. When we will be made to pay the piper for what we've done is anyone's guess. It appears that those directly responsible for this, George Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, Condoleezza Rice, et al, will never be held accountable. It seems the people of the United States and the rest of the world will let them walk away, unscathed. We, the people, however, will one day pay a heavy price for what they've done. Retribution is coming folks. Plan accordingly.


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Now that I'm depressed, I'm going back to work.