. . . has a suggestion for decreasing media enthusiasm.

Sometimes I think Israel will ultimately need to save us from ourselves.

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. . . who the people are behind Cindy Sheehan "anti-war" campaign, you might start here.

[h/t Lair]

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. . . comes this charming idea for supporting the IDF—buy them pizza.

As soon as my income stabilizes, I'm there.

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Fascinating piece on the hold Hezbollah has over the Lebanese people, and how the area it controls in Beirut is a classic cult-of-death Islamic neighborhood, not too far from where Christians and moderate Muslims are celebrating their new unity.

It's said that Hezbollah out-guns the Lebanese army, but this is one cancer that badly needs some chemotherapy; and maybe a little surgery.

A little Fallujah treatment might hit the spot, if it were done right.

Via Beautiful Atrocities.

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Laurence is bad. Bad Laurence!

UPDATE: It's turned into a series. And it's pretty freaking funny.

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1 Good... bad... I'm the one with the gun.

Posted by: Laurence Simon at March 22, 2005 07:38 AM (uBCxH)

2 Fair enough. Isn't that a Clint Eastwood quote?

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3 Bruce Campbell in Army of Darkness My idyllic, admiring view of you is crushed forever, Clint Eastwood......I'm going to go sob in a corner now.

Posted by: the Pirate at March 22, 2005 11:09 AM (SksyN)

4 Well, Kiddo. It was bound to happen sooner or later. I'm not the one you usually want to ask about movies; it's a bit hit-or-miss.

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5 You're going to love the next one...

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. . . says it will be pulling out of Lebanon in time for elections in May.

Perhaps at this point it would be easier to keep track of the Middle Eastern countries that haven't had to make some sort of changes to their style of governing in the past two years, rather than those that have.

The comparisons between Reagan and Bush '43 become more pronounced as time goes on: reforms are happening that I thought I'd never see in my lifetime.

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It feels like the world is on fire: democracy is breaking out everywhere.

What a great time to be alive.

Viva Lebanon.

(Pix courtesy Instapundit.)

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As Jeff/BA puts it: "Widow/Fag Hag."

Nickname in Palestinian press: Miss Moneybags. Who she admires: Hillary Clinton. Friends: Shapari Khashoggi, Queen Rania of Jordan. Wears: Louis Féraud, Christian Louboutin. (When Arafat sat next to Catherine Deneuve at dinner, Suha had to explain who she was. )

Arafat fortune estimated $300 million (Forbes), $1.3 billion (Mossad), $4.2 billion (IMF). According to PA, Suha received monthly stipend of $100,000, which means Israeli figure of $1 million per month more likely. Owns villa on gold standard Rue Fauborg St Honore, also maintains lavish suite at 5-star Hotel Le Bristol.

Investigated for money laundering this year when $11.4 million showed up in French account, about the time IMF discovered $778 million 'hole' in PA funds. Suha's response:"Ariel Sharon is responsible for this vicious leak. What's strange about the rais [president] sending money to his wife overseas, especially when I handle Palestinian matters and interests?"

Good point, be-atch.

Read the whole thing, if you've got the stomach.

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The acerbic Texan is back. What's he doing, when he's not linking me? Grouching around beautifully and holding the line against linguistic corruption:

I write a lot on Command Post: Global War On Terror. Every now and then, a category pops up that I will crush like a whack-a-mole.

Someone changed "Palestinians" to "Palestine" yesterday. Nope. Not on my watch. Changed it back. When you can show me Al-Qaidaville on the map, then I'll believe that there's a Palestine. And Oz. And Mordor. And that Perfect place that seems to be full of Wallgreens.

Every now and then, a Lebanon appears. Sorry. No such thing as Lebanon anymore. Lebanon is a fully-annexed property of Syria. They're Syria's bitch. Merged it back. Sorry, Klinger. You'll have to settle for Toledo.

It's hard to argue, actually. But one of Laurence's own readers, Mark L., weighs in with this little datum:

Of course there is a Palestine. It is right here in Texas -- county seat of Anderson County. About 170 miles north-northeast of where you live, Laurence.

Best way to get there from where you live is up I-46 to SH-19 at Huntsville. Then up 19 to Palestine. When you hit Loop 256 take a right. Then go east on US84 a few miles to reach the Texas State Railroad, where you can catch a ride on a train pulled by a gen-u-ine steam locomotive.

When I lived there, half the time mail from the UK would end up getting routed through the PA first. Made for some interesting postmarks.

Of course if you get pulled over by a cop for speeding in Palestine, best tell him that you are in Pal-es-TEEN, rather than Pal-es-TINE. He might figgure you for a local and just give you a warning. Otherwise you'll give yourself away as an outsider.

I want to go back to Texas someday; I haven't seen nearly enough of it. Really—just the panhandle. And there's a lot of it to see.

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This kind of thing makes me sick.

But it's the reason we're not going to see any peace between Israelis and Palestinians any time soon: Palestinians are taught to hate Israel and Israelis from such an early age. There is a victim mindset, but not the passive kind we see in the States.

It's a living, breathing, flowering kind of hate. And it's lethal.

Via Laurence.

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