Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Reading The Tea Leaves............from Rico
Lots of firecrackers going off simultaneously right now hinting at greater pyrotechnics to come.
On Sunday, I sent around Israel's "Mr. Peace" Warns of War, a link to a story in which Israel’s president, uber dove Shimon Peres, warns that "A military strike on Iran is growing more likely than the diplomatic option." Today comes news that Israel’s #2 man, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, not only seconded Peres, he went a step further. As the JPost reports, “Addressing the IAEA report, the reported contents of which have been leaked to various international newspapers in recent days, Barak said, ‘we've known these things for years. ... ‘We know more [about Iran] than The Washington Post knows and we know more than the IAEA does,’ he added.” Read about that in “Barak not optimistic about int'l will to stop Iranian nukes.”
Of course, no situation analysis is complete without taking into account the psychological dimension. So here we have Jewicidal far-left Haaretz columnist, Akiva Eldar, writing in full panic mode beseeching Obama, a foreign head of state, “to stop the duo of Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, before it is too late.”
Then there are anecdotes I’ve received from Israel indicating that as of late the Home Front Command has been helping the general populace prepare for trouble.
Lastly, there’s this question raised by the National Review: Why Won’t Obama Sanction Iran’s Financial Lifeblood?
I think all visible signs indicate the Israelis aren’t waiting around for the answer. But I could be reading the signals wrong. Israel may yet decide to placate the West, avoid “destabilizing the region” and do what it’s told: put its future in the hands of the Mad Mullahs in a grand gesture of self-sacrifice.
That’s always good for a slap on the back from the U.S. president and a front page obituary in the New York Times.
Stay tuned. Say a prayer. We shall see.
Dan Friedman
NYC
News.............
NCAA Basketball on the USS Carl Vinson: What Are the Sailors Saying?
Oklahoma's 5.6 Earthquake: Is Fracking Responsible?
History Channel Special 'Vietnam in HD' Shows War in Excruciating Detail
Syria Lays Siege to a City, Homs, That Puts Up a Fight
#Occupy Protest in California: "Who Pooped on the Bank?!"
Blue Angel No.5, lead solo pilot, talks about "Catherine" his plane.
Now Silvio Berlusconi is crushed by the EU's hideous strength
Iran is building nuclear arms, say UN inspectors
Pakistan facing 'unimaginable catastrophe' after second year of floods
Second tragedy hits Red Arrows team
Huge police presence ahead of student demonstration
Iran 'will not budge' from nuclear path, says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Closing road during Remembrance services infringes drivers' 'human rights'
'Age discrimination within NHS' leaves elderly neglected
Large asteroid makes rare fly-by of Earth
US weapons 'full of fake Chinese parts'
Iran's nuclear ambitions: military action may quickly follow unless Tehran climbs down
Liberian polls deserted after election violence
Halting Iran's Nuclear Program: Former Mossad Chief Seeks to Avert Israeli Attack
Canary Islands Eruption: Undersea Volcano Now Just 70 Meters from Surface
Pippi Longstocking books deemed racist
The sanctification of public nuisance
Should Treasury Sanction the Palestinian Investment Fund?
Those 'frisky' Italians!..................from Rico
It's pretty clear that Christine Lagarde of Fwance is NO match for that 'frisky' Italian Silvio Berlusconi!
That was "some" resignation he just gave. The Italian PM says he will resign after they pass their 2012 budget.
- Note: they just passed their 2010 budget.
So, Silvio's out sometime after 2013-2014?
- Don't expect the bunga-bunga parties to end anytime soon, despite the increasing cost to roll-over Italian debt (bonds).
And, in other news: G'pap is STILL the Greek PM. But, any day now. Aaaaaaaaany day now.......
Occupy THAT Lagarde!
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
Anti-Semitism, a Growth Industry in Bad Times
By Alan Caruba
In bad times, anti-Semitism seems to crawl out of the sewers like a repugnant odor. It is not subject to a rational response. It is pure emotion and a very nasty one at that. Lately we got a whiff of it at some of the Occupy protests.
To read more, click here
Late News.....................
Australia, trumpets, ships and Veterans Day
EagleSpeak: When Sailors March
Thermageddon Blackmail: The Funniest Story Of The Week « SOYLENT GREEN
China Seeks a Cultural Influence to Match Its Economic Muscle
The shortest distance between two points
Bill Clinton: Get rid of the 22nd Amendment « Hot Air
Anonymous' Call to Interrupt Iowa Caucuses
EagleSpeak: For My Sons' Navy I Want - What We Sell to Egypt
Overhead Bin - Clever traveler tracks down stolen laptop
G.O.P. Candidates Talk Tough on Iran
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
