Author: Steven D

Lebanon Rejects UN Cease Fire Resolution

Remember that US/French compromise resolution in the Security Council calling for a ceasefire? The Speaker of Lebanon’s parliament has rejected it. Not a big surprise really, since the Lebanese government includes...

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Muqtada al-Sadr Beats Sistani to the Punch

You might remember my post on August 1st which described Ayatollah Sistani threatening the US with “severe consequences” if our government didn’t work toward a ceasefire in Lebanon. Well guess what? Hundreds of...

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Fixing the Intelligence Regarding Plan B

Plan B, as some of you may know, has nothing to do with Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria or Lebanon. What it does have to do with is the Food and Drug Administration, and the agency’s decision to reject over the counter...

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