Non Sequitur Omnis

Between a Rock ...

and a Hard Place.

"Lebanese citizens inspect the crater at a bridge that was destroyed when Israeli missiles targeted it, in the village of Boudai, in the Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006. Israeli commandos raided a Hezbollah stronghold deep inside Lebanon Saturday, sparking a fierce clash with militants that left one Israeli soldier dead. Lebanon called the raid a 'flagrant violation' of the U.N.-brokered cease-fire, while Israel said it was aimed at disrupting arms smuggling from Iran and Syria. (AP Photo/Samer Husseini) "

What does the Israeli government not understand about the word Truce?
Because of the need to not become (more of) an international pariah state, Israel was forced to sign on to a truce in Lebanon. Because of the need of a tottery government to survive, PM Olmert was forced to stage a showy front-page military action. Thus the need to keep the followers in line again trumps common sense, to say nothing of morality and decency, and creates yet another disaster.
Not unlike what President Bush faces with regard to his constituency huh?
It seems like this kind of pushmi-pullyu statecraft is destined to continue until the perpetrator runs out of constituents and can either safely take the proper action, or be removed from office and shot.
Oh; and it's not confined to the United States and Israel. It now seems to be the common course of governments everywhere.

Now, this is odd ...

"BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news, bio, voting record), a three-term Democrat now running as an independent candidate, leads the man who beat him in last week's primary vote by 12 points in a three-way race, a poll released on Thursday shows. ... The survey found that Lieberman polled best among likely Republican voters, leading the others with 75 percent of the vote compared with Lamont's 13 percent and Schlesinger's 10 percent."
So, the Republican candidate polls 3rd among Republican voters! Behind the democrat the entire Republican establishment is laboring to portray as little better than a mmm, lesee, the current enemy-of-the-day designator is, I believe, Islamist Fascist. And this cut-and-run-ultraliberal-terrorist-coddling Democrat is polling ahead of the good honest strong-on-security Republican among Republican voters. I wonder who is managing Mr. Schlesinger's campaign?
Now, I don't know about Denmark, but there's sure something rotten in the state of Connecticut.

Back From the Brink

It's been a long time since I've been here. I'm still not sure if I've retired from blogism or not. Things have gotten so crowded in the blogosphere that it might better be called the clogosphere.
I've passed on so many topics that now I sort of feel like I should comment on all of 'em at once. I'll try to resist.

This is just too good to pass up though: "Bush says Israel defeated Hezbollah"



This claim from George "Mission Accomplished" Bush, while being flanked by Dick "Last Throes" Cheney and Condi "Birth Pangs" Rice.
Talk about a Trifecta!
Three blind mice, unable to distinguish what's real from what they wish was real.