I hope that Israel ...

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... lets slip the dogs of war:

And for now there's still a chance that the kidnapping was the work of rogue Hamas cells, rather than a conspiracy ordered by the organization's top leadership. 

They can signal to Hamas that they can get out from under the whirlwind by delivering the heads of those responsible.

But only after 48 hours of whirlwind.

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The next time we invade a country ...

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... we need to plant a fucking flag:

1. A top Iraqi diplomat urged Arab states to “use the weapon of oil” against the United States because of its alliance with Israel, raising more questions about the Middle Eastern nation’s allegiance to the nation that freed it from a ruthless dictatorship.

Ingrates.

But then, we should have left them to their dictators in the first place ... elections having consequences and shit ...

h/t proteinwisdom

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Interesting ...

Jeff Goldstein at protein wisdom is a blogger I admire; he's very intelligent, and perceptive .... plus he writes almost beyond my capacity to understand.

But I note that he's leaning in a direction that other, less-respected bloggers are leaning:

But what can’t be argued, I don’t think, is that in the soft civil war I’ve long predicted to be coming, Arizona has returned fire against the federal government.

War on.

We told you so.

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God works in humorous ways

For your edification:



Yes, God does work mysteriously!

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These are the things that raise my blood pressure ...

The American Legion is not amused ..... neither am I.

Ed at HotAir has this post about the Associated Press' running a photo of a dying Marine. The post has links that I recommend you follow.

Ace of Spades has a link about this as well, and I think the comments are spot-on.

For ADHD sufferers, an AP embedded reporter took a picture of Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard as he lay dying after being hit by a Taliban rocket-propelled grenade. After the body was returned to the states and buried, LCpl Bernard's father (twice) and the SecDef The Honorable Robert Gates requested that the picture not be published. They asked this of the piece-of-shit scum-sucking maggot president of the AP, Thomas Curley. The AP ran the photo anyway, and of course in their glee, Huffington Post (miserable creatures that they are) have had a field day.

I know there's not much that can be done, but the AP's contact information is here. I would ask that you all call the main # in New York, as well as your closest bureau office and voice your displeasure.

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I never knew ....

Dr Ruth was an Israeli sniper .....

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Neat phenomenon.

Have a look-see ......

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