Archive for the 'Lebanon' Category

It never ends…

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

Two bad-ass crabs argue over who started the war.

A crab covered in oil struggles towards the sea polluted with heavy fuel oil in Beirut. The Mediterranean is threatened by its worst ever environmental disaster after Israel’s bombing of a power plant in Lebanon sent thousands of tonnes of fuel gushing into the sea, the […]

Dick ‘n W ‘n Condi Strike Again!

Friday, July 28th, 2006

A pro-Hezbollah demonstration in Amman, Jordan reflects popular sentiment throughout the Middle East. Voice of America News.com
“Support for Hezbollah growing in Mideast
By DAVID RISING, Associated Press Writer 33 minutes ago
Rising Arab anger over the Israeli offensive against Hezbollah appears to have pushed conservative rulers in the region to refocus their criticism away from the Shiite […]

W’s profligate debt is second only to his profligate waste of the world’s empathy for 9/11.

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

“Poll: World Doesn’t Respect Bush
NEW YORK, July 26, 2006(CBS) Americans generally approve of President Bush’s handling of the current Mideast crisis, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll, but six in 10 say the president is not respected by foreign leaders.”
Please find the entire article here. 

These is a point when people close to this president have to admit to the American people that there is something wrong with him

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

“Could U.S. Troops End Up in Lebanon?
Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006. By Ken Silverstein.
Sources
There’s much discussion of putting a multinational, NATO-led force in southern Lebanon as part of a ceasefire agreement in the Israel–Lebanon conflict, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, according to a story in the Washington Post, has said that she does […]

Were I pacifist, this would be easier to write. Nevertheless, stopping violence has to be the first call when innocents are dying. Hezbollah’s recent behavior has started this latest round, but is it not the epitome of arrogance for this administration to say they will succeed where 60 years of diplomats–more astute than than they–have failed?

Friday, July 21st, 2006

“Rice Outlines Strategy for Middle East Trip
By DAVID STOUT
WASHINGTON, July 21 — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, soon to leave for the turbulent Middle East, said today that the violence in Lebanon must end in a stable and lasting peace, not just a cease-fire.
A simple cease-fire “would be a false promise” and would “guarantee future […]

Tony Snow continues to forget that he is no longer in the bosom of Fox-News. His act is already beginning to unravel and tripping on the wool will be the source of laughter.

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

“Tony Snow and Helen Thomas: “Thank You for the Hezbollah View”

By: John Amato on Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 at 12:06 PM - PDT

Snow told the gaggle that the reason Americans trying to get out of Lebanon were being forced to pay was because of a law on the books. Then Helen Thomas asked […]