Numbers games
Israeli ground troops in Lebanon:
The Bush administration also has refused to yield to international calls to press Israel for a prompt end to it campaign against the Hezbollah militia.
As of today, the completely useless and totally inept United States of America under the Bush Administration has managed to evacuate 1,300 of the over 25,000 United States citizens currently trapped in Lebanon. It took them a week just to figure out how to go about getting people out.
During May and June, 6,000 Iraqi's died.
6,000 in two months.
The report charts a month-by-month increase in the number of civilians killed, from 710 in January to 1,129 in April. In the first six months of the year, it said 14,338 people had been killed.
But it's not a civil war. And we're not responsible.
Turkey signals it's prepared to enter Iraq
In my opinion, it's diplomatic speak for: Clean up the fucking mess you made and get the fuck out of Dodge!
US has no idea of 'war on terror' cost: watchdog
According to the GAO, US military and diplomatic commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan "will continue for the foreseeable future and are likely to be in the hundreds of billions of dollars."
Informed Comment
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Hezbollah critics may bring progress, if not unity
Afghan troops fight to retake southern towns
The showdown
Israel's maximal option
Analysis: Hezbollah's big gamble
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Who's dumb enough to vacation in a war zone -- and the Middle East is one big war zone these days -- and then complain that they weren't rescued fast enough?
Various reports list 25,000 American nationals in Lebanon, but nobody has yet come up with a firm figure on how many of those are actually interested in being evacuated. One TV report said "about 10,000," but it remains unclear. I don't oppose sending U.S. ships, planes and helicopters to get them out, but their whining about the timing is wearing thin. They picked a treacherous place for holiday, and it just ain't gonna be a four-star experience. Going to Libya would have been safer, fergawdsakes.
It just goes to show ... a lot of people only think they're adventurous.
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