Hassan Nasrallah's Political War and Economic Siege of Beirut |
Lebanon is on the verge of a new civil war, something about hwich analysts have been in disbelief for months. Following 15 years of terrible civil war, it was thought unthinkable that Lebanese today w...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:11:00 GMT |
Hassan Nasrallah's War |
Lebanons factional internal politics are only mildly highlighted in the weeks following the 2006 war. Hezbollah has been using the recent war to portray itself as the sole capable defender of the co...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:42:00 GMT |
Israel & Lebanon: Part II - Lebanon's Interests are still Disarming Hezbollah |
For all the rhetoric the recent conflict has spewed, it is obvious in the end that Hezbollah lost this war. It lost territory, lost hundreds of fighters, made no strategic gains, and was torpedoed i...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 22:57:00 GMT |
Israel and Lebanon: Part I - Israeli-Lebanese Relations |
As so long as they buy the assertion that a lot of those targets are Hezbollah targets, like some or a lot of the South Beirut ones are, then the word "restraint" will be the maximum buzz word. Hezbo...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:27:00 GMT |
Oil nor Alternative Energies are the Cure, only a Combo of Both |
The outcry these days about the price of oil is prompting a saga of irrational quick-fix solutions being broadcast across the country via newspapers and political talk shows. As typical with heavy po...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT |
Wouldn't you deter it, too? Israel goes into Gaza |
What many people said before August 2005 was that a withdrawal from Gaza would be foolish by encouraging the further use of terrorism in order to get what one party wants. In this case, it was asserte...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 15:46:00 GMT |
Chanukah Legacy |
Chanukah is a unique holiday on the Jewish calendar commemorating the liberation of the desecrated Temple in Jerusalem. It is the culmination of years of forced acculturation and assimilation at the ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:28:00 GMT |
Comparing 9/11 & Katrina: Part 2 - Political Fallout |
Four years ago, the focus of politics in the US became two-fold. Internationally, we were concerned about terrorism. Domestically, we were concerned with emergency response. We virtu...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:44:00 GMT |
Comparing 9/11 & Katrina |
When I went to class four years ago to go through my Graphics and German classes, I did not expect a crazed-sounded woman to report on the radio, in hysterics I might add, about a plane hitting a skys...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:43:00 GMT |
Why Mahmoud Abbas is a Fucking Idiot |
Many of you have read my stuff on here and seen me as an intellectual, strongly rooted in the Middle East and very tolerant. Well, I can read things pretty well right now, and I am seething angr...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Aug 2005 22:35:00 GMT |
