With the U.S. bogged down in Afghanistan and Iraq, there wasn't much the Bush administration could do to convince Iran and North Korea to abandon their nuclear ambitions. Bombing Iran's nuclear facilities or North Korea's missile testing pads would only trigger wider wars. Iran has transferred several thousand missiles that can reach towns and cities in northern Israel. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has also bragged about wiping Israel off the map. The ingredients for a larger regional conflict are present.
UPI-Arnaud de Borchgrave
"Why is Hizbullah doing this? Why do we have to suffer for the sake of the Palestinians?" asks Mr. Haddad.
CSM - A second front opens for Israel
Lebanon: Red Cross braces for further attacks
Arab leaders scramble to contain Mideast crisis
India names suspects in train attacks
"Today a unit of al-Qaida has been established in Jammu and Kashmir which shall henceforth be called al-Qaida Jammu and Kashmir," the man said. "We shall be giving out statements regularly and will soon announce our aims and objectives."
And so, the insanity continues...
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The coming two decades will be troubling.
These are things I don't like to see, not that anyone does.
The sad thing is the past two hundred decades have also been troubling.
sigh
Thanks for stopping by. I love your poetry blog! I'll be reading it for days!
Thanks for leaving the quotes. And I agree, Theodore Roosevelt's quote is scary, but also interesting, given the era he lived in.
Once upon a time, a colleague of mine heard this conversation between a local resident and a town businessman.
Paraphrased:
"Why don't you run for county supervisor?"
"We have people to do that."
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