In a November 19, 2006 BBC Sunday AM interview, when asked whether there is any hope left for a clear military victory in Iraq, Henry Kissinger said, "If you mean by 'military victory' an Iraqi Government that can be established and whose writ runs across the whole country, that gets the civil war under control and sectarian violence under control ( Read more... )

When people say that Israel's response in this conflict is 'disproportionate', they're failing to take into account two things:

1.  Capturing or otherwise harming the member of a soveriegn nation by a foreign organization is an act of war, especially when it involves the capture of members of that country's armed forces.  This is generally ( Read more... )

if anyone wants to do stuff over the next couple of days, i'm free, and i've got leftover fireworks from yesterday (they're tiny ones but they pack a real punch ( Read more... )