Quotes an Arab/Israeli newspaper report that the base was ‘completely obliterated’.

Sounds like Zion dropped a IAF version of the DaisyCutter on whatever the target was.

Personally, I’d rather pack up the House and Senate. Wonder who (or what) we could get in trade?

lan astaslem on September 12, 2007 at 11:23 AM

Maybe we could swap with the Iraqis; they fight with each other (like ours), they don’t do much of anything productive, but they haven’t learned (yet) to tax and spend like ours.

There is a silver lining with Israel being the pariah of the UN. Since “the world” hates Israel anyway, the Israelis can do whatever they darn well please.

hadsil on September 12, 2007 at 6:27 PM

Hmmm. They hate us too, so can we start ignoring the UN/”world” and get on with doing this war like we should?

Riehl World View

Looks like the pressure is building on Iran.British forces have been sent from Basra to the volatile border with Iran amid warnings from the senior US commander in Iraq that Tehran is fomenting a “proxy war”.

In signs of a fast-dev…

Here’s a test. What cabinet post wouldn’t Mitt be good at? Which cabinet posts would you pick Thompson for?

Christoph on September 12, 2007 at 1:04 PM

Either Sec. Treasury or GAO…

Mitt Romney has a lot of executive experience and I think he’ll do a great job.

Here’s a test. What cabinet post wouldn’t Mitt be good at? Which cabinet posts would you pick Thompson for?

And Germany makes the surprise and indelicate public announcement that they will oppose such efforts. They can’t have it both ways. There may — may — be a small chance that non-military methods can check the Iranian mullahs’ nuclear ambitions…….

pullingmyhairout on September 12, 2007 at 10:42 AM

Maybe if we replaced half of the CIA…so many came in under the Clintons, and the CIA seems to be responsible for alot of leaks and intelligence failures.

In a lot of ways they are no better then us especially after waging a half ass offensive against Hezbollah and bowing to the wishes of public opinion shaped by Hezbollah through their surrogets in the news business.

Here’s the thing:
That war didn’t actually end. That thing last summer wasn’t actually a war – just a battle in a very very long war. I know people like to think that war ended last summer. It hasn’t. The Lebanese are now crushing one refugee camp after another in Hezb’allah land. The Israelis are going after the state sponsors of Hezb’allah. Oh, I don’t think the battle last summer ended the way it should have, but now that Ehud Barak is the defense guy, I don’t think half battles are going to be acceptable anymore.

And any Israelis I know were not thrilled with the way that battle ended last summer. They wanted to chase Hezb’allah all the way to Iran. Too bad that thing was fought by public opinion. I’m not sure this little hoop-de-doop will be in the least bit fought by public opinion – just by boots on the ground and the awesome IAF.

IDF armor has entered Gaza. Hamas and their partners in jihad have threatened suicide attacks against “Zionists everywhere”. Stay tuned.

Thomas the Wraith on September 12, 2007 at 12:26 PM

Israel should cut all electricity and water to Gaza and close the borders allowing nothing in or out of Gaza and tell the Palestinians eliminate all Hamas terrorist or we are never turning the electricity and water back on and on one is ever coming or going from Gaza again. Israel needs to quit giving her enemies the ability to attack them.

“We” didn’t send in Dennis the Menace or San Fran Nan–our enemies did.

JiangxiDad on September 12, 2007 at 11:44 AM

But you forget, Dennis and Nanc honestly believe they are the “We” chosen to layout our country’s foreign policy to our enemy Syria. After all, “Most Americans” trust them. We all know this to be true, because Dennis and Nancy said so.

What Constitution?

Israel pulled troops and settlers out of the Gaza Strip in 2005 but the Jewish state continues to control its borders, airspace and coastal waters.

(from the above link)

Um, Yahoo news people, no one else is going to do it. Number 1 – those borders are with ISRAEL – of course the Israelis are patrolling those borders. Morons.
Number 2 – The Palestinians don’t have planes (thank G-d).
Number 3 – Again, terrorists can swim. So the Israelis make sure they can’t swim into Israeli lands.

Are the Yahoo people going to make an issue about the fact that there are Israeli gunboats out in the Red Sea too? ‘Cause the neighbours aren’t exactly friendly.

Looks like the pressure is building on Iran.British forces have been sent from Basra to the volatile border with Iran amid warnings from the senior US commander in Iraq that Tehran is fomenting a proxy war. In signs of a…

Perhaps we should think that Israel is also hitting the WMD’s stockpiled in Syria from ol’ Saddy Hussein. Just saying.

It’s such a shame that while Kucinich was in Syria saying how “compassionate” they were for keeping the border open and taking in so many Iraqi refugees (who of course were probably fleeing the chaos wrought by the foreign fighters……

doriangrey on September 12, 2007 at 11:58 AM

actually dorian I was thinking more on the lines of ‘ya scared?’ or ‘watch this, George’.

Another thought…….Israel to GW…….look, about those WMDs….X marks the spot.

Limerick on September 12, 2007 at 11:52 AM

Actually I think the Israeli’s would be just a little more circumspect about it, more like…Excuse me Mr. Gate’s your are not privileged to be looking at that map with all the big bright red x’s on it…Oh and by the way, what ever became of your search of Saddam’s WMD???