Dan has a nice run down of what's going on in the other two Middle East conflicts.
I have to concur with Matt; the destruction of Lebanese infrastructure cannot be seen as a proportional response to the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers. I like Israeli soldiers as much.
I think Matt is essentially right here with respect to some critics of the Mearsheimer/Walt article:Last, but certainly not least, is this: "We can -- and should -- debate the.
I wrote recently about states who (with the support, natch, of inexplicable NARAL endorsee Joe Lieberman) allow people to buy anti-choice license plates, with the proceeds going to nearly worthless (and intentionally obstructionist) "crisis pregnancy centers," but do not offer the same option to pro-choice groups....
Restating what should be some obvious points...Israel has clear conventional superiority of Hezbollah and Lebanon, and can obviously do a lot of damage. However, the idea that Israel can destroy.
Like Ezra, I think that Ze'ev Schiff's assessment of the Iranian role in the Hezbollah attacks is plausible, with some caveats. The employment of a relatively modern surface to surface.
Now that's the old-school Wrigley Field. But what's the deal with the game starting at 6? Of course, missing the first two innings worked out well, but...
The problem with a precedent is, of course, that someone might follow it. Rodger writes:Given how the US reacted to the traumatic 9/11 attacks -- wars against Afghanistan and Iraq.
Remember when James Lileks gave an obscene, definitively chickenhawkish ("from my home in suburban Minnesota, I feel comfortable lecturing you for your unwillingness to engage in a suicidal revolutionary mission.
The Soviet Navy emerged from World War II a tiny force, possessed of a few ancient battleships and numerous smaller, obsolete craft. Geography has not been kind to Russian maritime endeavours, as the Black and Baltic Seas are easily choked off, the Russian Far East is...
Echidne, Steve and Mahablog have already effectively covered this Times story about a new government study about public and private schools. There are two stories here: 1)the differences between the.
Make sure to read Kingdaddy's excellent series on the Barbary Wars:Part IPart IIPart IIIPart IVKingdaddy has some good observations, and makes some interesting parallels between the dilemmas facing the early.