Month: July 2006

When can we call it genocide?

When can we call it genocide? As reported by Juan Cole, planning for Israel’s attack on Hizbollah and Lebanon had been in the works for at least a year. The Israelis were only looking for an incident, any incident, to...

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Life Imitating Art

It’s tough being the opposition, even in my neck of the woods.  But the level of discourse has been reduced to a level that would make Don Corleone proud. Town of Wawayanda (Orange County, New York) Councilwoman Gail...

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The Middle East conflict, pictoral version

After repeated threats and harrasment, my friend Sir Oolius has agreed to allow me to steal an entire post of his. Enjoy! Which one represents “Israel” and which one “Arab” in your view is determined by...

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Siding With the Republicans

This is probably this first time in my life where I have been 100% behind the Republicans on an issue. I am ashamed of the Democrats’ efforts to prevent Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki from addressing Congress. House...

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