I'll start, Thank you Israel for this and so many other gifts and blessings you have given the thankless world.

Thank you Israel!

And Olmerde is getting ready to give away the Golan.

THANK, YOU ISRAEL!

May G-d continue to guide, guard, and protect you!

Blessings to you.

Thank you Israel!... and United States!

It's like deja vu all over again (Osirak).

Muchas gracias, Israel.

What's troubling is this wasn't even on the radar for mo el-baradei, proving the IAEA is worthless.

If you don't hear crickets, you'll be hearing all of the useful idiots wanting to fund/aid Hamas, Hisbollah, and the usual gang of terrs and wannabes.

They might give Israel credit for staging their own funeral, but I wouln't hold my breath.

Nevertheless, I'll say it: Thank you, Israel. :)

re: #8 Sharmuta

What's troubling is this wasn't even on the radar for mo el-baradei, proving the IAEA is worthless.

Give that man another Nobel Peace Prize!

A little background music.

Still Ward Churchill would like everyone to have their own personal nuke.

Thank you, Israel from New York City. You saved a lot of lives.

El-baradi is in the pockets of the Islamo-Fascists. He weakly pretends that he isn't.

re: #12 song_and_dance_man

I thought Yogi Berra said that first.

/s

Um... yeah, I know.

F the UN.

re: #10 Occasional Reader

Give that man another Nobel Peace Prize!

He and jhimmi carter can brawl for it. Now- who to root for?

Thank you Israel For saving this North carolina girl! God will give you many BLESSINGS !i WILL ALLWAYS BE WITH YA!

re: #12 song_and_dance_man

I thought Yogi Berra said that first.

/s

When you get to the fork in the road, take it.

Thanks Israel. I'd have done it myself, but I'm a little strapped for cash right now. Anyway, good lookin' out!

re: #21 song_and_dance_man

It was a /s. It wasn't Osirak that said it... nevermind.

Ah. Sorry.
It was a very, very long Monday.

i love israel.

Neither the United States nor Israel told the International Atomic Energy Agency about the Syrian site until last week...

From the CIA's perspective, that intelligence was not the United States' to share with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Hayden said.

Whoa! Who hit the CIA with a cluebat?

re: #13 hazzyday

Still Ward Churchill would like everyone to have their own personal nuke.

Guns in the hands of private citizens are dangerous. Every terrorist state has a right to nuclear weapons!

/

I am glad Israel acted, but the real big problem remains- IRAN. And Iran is to big a problem for Israel to tackle alone. I am just really afraid that if President Bush does not act before he leaves office, it will be to late.

me too: Thank you, Israel. :)

re: #27 blame canada

hmmm... maybe this olmert is not such a total shmuck after all. It's just a pity that jimma carter wasn't visiting this peaceful agricultural facility at the time. When is iran getting vaporized?

What time is it now?

May the Lord continue to bless Israel!

hmm! I was wondering when we'd find out about this.

Thank you, Israel! Doing jobs American politicians won't do.

Thank You Israel!

Who says Israel isn't on our side? Thanks again for doing what our Dems won't let us do.

What was that, did Obama think the Hamas endorsement was an honor?
Wrong side of the fight as usual, those zany Dems.

Thank Israel, buy Israeli stuff

Wish North Korea was close to Israel too (or otherwise) - Israel does the kind of jobs that the rest of the world doesn't. Good for them!

re: #35 Hard Right

Who says Israel isn't on our side? Thanks again for doing what our Dems won't let us do.

Hear, Hear and Thank You, Israel!

Thanks Israel.

re: #29 Nevergiveup

don't forget about all of those big US boats that are on their way to the Gulf, dearie. and if he starts something with iran before november, i have to say (with apologies to render)...

BRILLIANT
STRATEGY

it can only help mccain, imho.

Your day of reckoning is fast approching Iran...

re: #37 Alouette

Thank Israel, buy Israeli stuff

Ditto over here. Thanks Israel.
[Link: www.zahal.org...]

Neither the United States nor Israel told the International Atomic Energy Agency about the Syrian site until last week...

Translation...the CIA didn't get the info until after the attack. That way they couldn't interfere in the operation or leak it to our enemies.

canary in the coal mine.

I’m sure Pelosi discussed this with Assad. Obama will also negotiate with Syria and straighten this whole thing out. We can only hope.

Thanks so much, Isreal!

re: #42 Whammo

Your day of reckoning is fast approching Iran...

Iran, but I could not hide.

That place is so crowded, no wonder nobody goes there.

/BTW Israel Rules!

Imagine the cognitive dissonance going on in the brains of the "peace at all costs" moonbats as they protest responsible measures being taken to keep nukes out of the hands of psychopaths.

re: #42 Whammo

Your day of reckoning is fast approching Iran...

that's the kind of thing that should give 'what's his name' a tingle up his leg.

Thank you Israel!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May those who love you be secure.
May there be peace within your walls
and security within your citadels."
For the sake of my brothers and friends,
I will say, "Peace be within you."
For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I will seek your prosperity.
(Psalms 122:6-9)

Yes, that "dirty little country" saves the world from a nuclear Holocaust. Visit Israel. It is truly a wonderful, amazing place.

re: #8 Sharmuta
This is because the IAEA was designed not to have teeth. Israel has had a secret reactor in Dimona for a very long time. The IAEA has requested to inspect it, but Israel never signed that treaty, so they don't owe the world any explanations.

I guess that begs the question, did Syria sign the non-proliferation treaty?

Curious minds want to know...

Wretchard on the Syrian nukes. Some interesting comments.

All of these secret programs suggest one thing in common: a strategic framework within which two dozen nuclear weapons is sufficient. That is what Iran, Syria and in the old days, Iraq, were working for. Assuming you had two dozen nukes, what would they be good for?... My guess is that it is to obtain partial deterrence within which to advance their traditional terrorist activity.

re: #37 Alouette

I bought so much Danish cheese a few years ago...

re: #50 Bacchus's daddy

Imagine the cognitive dissonance going on in the brains of the "peace at all costs" moonbats as they protest responsible measures being taken to keep nukes out of the hands of psychopaths.

THEY aren't the psychopaths, WE'RE the psychopaths. (Etc.)

re: #54 blangwort

This is because the IAEA was designed not to have teeth. Israel has had a secret reactor in Dimona for a very long time. The IAEA has requested to inspect it, but Israel never signed that treaty, so they don't owe the world any explanations.

I guess that begs the question, did Syria sign the non-proliferation treaty?

Curious minds want to know...

How would one find out the answer to that question?

re: #45 nyc redneck

canary in the coal mine.

Here.

Hi All,

This is a quick question. On the bottom of every entry Charles writes is this list: Digg, Newsvine, Reddit, delicioius.

I just signed up for Digg.

Exactly what did I sign up for?

re: #58 MandyManners

How would one find out the answer to that question?

Only four nations are not signatories: India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea. India and Pakistan both possess and have openly tested nuclear bombs. Israel has had a policy of opacity regarding its own nuclear weapons program. North Korea ratified the treaty, violated it, and later withdrew.

Yeah, it's Wiki.

The IDF saved our asses w the raid at Bushir,and has done so again w this heroic initiative.Considering Tel Aviv would not exist had either of these plans suceeded their action in both cases probably saved the world
from nuclear war.Thank you Israel for standing up when no one else could muster the courage.We are impressed,and grateful.

re: #58 MandyManners

How would one find out the answer to that question?

They sign and ratified it.

re: #60 hermeneutics

The Rev. Wright been using your nic in vain alot lately!

OK ALL 'Y'ALL -

Syria was close to NOTHING. The "DPRK" was there. Do all 'y'all really believe Koreans would allow Syrians to control Nuclear Assets? Think again. As far as Koreans go - Syrians are "THE SONS OF APES AND PIGS!"

-S-

re: #26 Sharmuta

Whoa! Who hit the CIA with a cluebat?

Personally, I think el-baradei knew.

re: #43 jaunte

My neighbors are much like Dale Gribble from King of the Hills. I soooo want to wear a Mossad t-shirt in front of them...

re: #63 Nevergiveup

They sign and ratified it.

Well, they're a bunch of big, fat liars!

re: #61 MandyManners

Here's another list;
[Link: www.fas.org...]

re: #64 jamgarr

What a fool. Once you get good at interpreting texts, you'd never make mistakes such as his. The left uses hermeneutics as a way of discrediting the obvious meanings that ordinary/sensible people conclude. Its a nasty business.

The good news is I'm better at it than most of them.

BWa ha ha ha

re: #54 blangwort

But they have strongly-worded letters, that's good enough, right?

re: #60 hermeneutics

Hi All,

This is a quick question. On the bottom of every entry Charles writes is this list: Digg, Newsvine, Reddit, delicioius.

I just signed up for Digg.

Exactly what did I sign up for?

You now have to send every lizard a $100 bill. Oh, and you're buying drinks the rest of the night, I'll take a Grey Goose and cranberry.

re: #57 Occasional Reader

THEY aren't the psychopaths, WE'RE the psychopaths. (Etc.)

I thought we were Neocon sociopaths? It's so hard to keep up with the labels these days.

re: #58 MandyManners

How would one find out the answer to that question?

Well- according to wikipedia- only four countries are not parties to the treaty: India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea.

this must be so stressful for the israelis. they are incredible people.

re: #61 MandyManners

LOL- GMTA.

re: #65 Dr. Shalit

OK ALL 'Y'ALL -

Syria was close to NOTHING. The "DPRK" was there. Do all 'y'all really believe Koreans would allow Syrians to control Nuclear Assets? Think again. As far as Koreans go - Syrians are "THE SONS OF APES AND PIGS!"

-S-

As an aside, an extra plus, it appears that a few DPRK nuclear scientists and technicians may have met Allah when Israel visited the Syrian nuclear park.

re: #67 cowsmacker

Lots of good Gribble-provokers at that site...

re: #58 MandyManners

The Syrian Arab Republic was one of the first States in the Middle East to sign, in 1968, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). It did so out of the conviction that the possession by any State in the Middle East of such devastating weapons would pose a threat to the region and be a source of great anxiety not only to the peoples of the region but to the countries of the entire world.

re: #68 MandyManners

Well, they're a bunch of big, fat liars!

Is that really all that surprising, though?

THANKS ISRAEL!

re: #77 Nevergiveup

As an aside, an extra plus, it appears that a few DPRK nuclear scientists and technicians may have met Allah when Israel visited the Syrian nuclear park.

"NGU" -

BUDDAH was pleased.

-S-

re: #11 MandyManners

A little background music.

Foreshadowing the coming of the Mahdi

'What remains, with Allah is better for you if you are believers'.

Then he will say: I am the 'Baqiyatullah,' (God's remainder) representative and Proof of Allah upon you. After that, no Muslim would salute him but in this manner:

Assalamu-Alaika - ya Baqiyatullah-Fi-Arzeh (Peace be upon you 'O God's remainder on the earth)

As soon as 10000 men gather around him, no Jew or Christian will remain but that they will bring faith in him and religion shall be confined only to Islam.

A fire shall descend from the sky and will burn every object of worship (other than Allah) on the earth.

God will continue to protect and defend Israel. I read it somewhere.

re: #82 Dr. Shalit

"NGU" -

BUDDAH was pleased.

-S-

The virgins were not.

re: #60 hermeneutics

I just signed up for Digg.

Exactly what did I sign up for?

An irrelevant discussion with a brick wall.

re: #60 hermeneutics

I just signed up for Digg.

Exactly what did I sign up for?

A ball of confusion.

re: #72 VegasRick

I'm handing you your virtual Grey Goose and cranberry with a small napkin ... and a smile. Enjoy!

For those wishing to dig deeper ...

[Link: fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com...]

27 April 2008
New Articles Of Interest About Syria’s Nukes

I strongly recommend reading these articles, especially the first one. This story remains a mystery to me, and the US government’s assertions do not make sense (imo).

Contents

I. “More on Syrian Reactor Bombing“, posted at Informed Comment (27 April 2008) — The author is anonymous, but the reasoning appears valid.

II. “Syrian Nukes: the Phantom Menace“, John W. Farley, Counterpunch (25 April 2008) — “The Media Falls for Fake News Once Again.”

III. “Syria president denies building nuclear reactor“, AFP (27 April 2008) — Some of their objections appear valid.

IV. “The Syrian Reactor and the Senate hearing“, posted at FutureJacked (24 April 2008) — Provides photos and some analysis.

Update: IV. “CIA Tells Us Something We Already Knew“, Josua Foust, posted at A Second Hand Conjecture (23 April 2008) — “Anyone who is shocked North Korea was actively selling dangerous weapons has never seriously studied the country.”

re: #79 Rancher

The Syrian Arab Republic was one of the first States in the Middle East to sign, in 1968, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). It did so out of the conviction that the possession by any State in the Middle East of such devastating weapons would pose a threat to the region and be a source of great anxiety not only to the peoples of the region but to the countries of the entire world.

rancher -

That was then - THIS IS NOW!

-S-

re: #88 hermeneutics

I'm handing you your virtual Grey Goose and cranberry with a small napkin ... and a smile. Enjoy!

Here's a tip.

re: #86 Sharmuta

Sharmuta and Cartman ... why does Charles have it at the bottom of every entry?

re: #84 Truck Monkey

God will continue to protect and defend Israel. I read it somewhere.

And the IDF will serve as His fist.

re: #85 Bacchus's daddy

"Bd" -

SO WHAT?

-S-

re: #91 VegasRick

I'll spend it wisely. Thank you.

Doesn't Israel have something called the "Samson option" or whatever?

re: #58 MandyManners

How would one find out the answer to that question?

According to Wikipedia Syria IS a signatory to the NPT. Granted Wikipedia isn't always a reliable source about such things, but I haven't found anything to contradict this assertion.

re: #79 Rancher
Light rewrite:
'Syria attempted the hudna calculating that the possession by Israel of such devastating weapons would pose a threat to their plans for reconquest and be a source of great anxiety to the Assad clan.'

re: #85 Bacchus's daddy

"I like you, really, just not in that way. Can't we just be friends?"

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency chastised the United States on Friday for withholding information on the alleged Syrian reactor. One of the IAEA's missions is to try to prevent nuclear proliferation, and it depends on member states for information

BWAAHAAHAAA.

I guess member state Syria withholding that it was working on Nukes is fine, though. They're just pissed because they didn't get to give them the heads up. Actually, Heads' Up might've been the last thing their rad op heard.

re: #60 hermeneutics

Hi All,

This is a quick question. On the bottom of every entry Charles writes is this list: Digg, Newsvine, Reddit, delicioius.

I just signed up for Digg.

Exactly what did I sign up for?

Evil robot attacks.

re: #84 Truck Monkey
Doesn’t Israel need to be worthy? Many Israelis seem to want to give away the store.

re: #96 MandyManners

Doesn't Israel have something called the "Samson option" or whatever?

Channeling Bigel?

re: #92 hermeneutics

Sharmuta and Cartman ... why does Charles have it at the bottom of every entry?

Can't answer that one.

re: #83 Syrah

ShortShit is gonna' be surprised.

re: #105 MandyManners

ShortShit is gonna' be surprised.

Who? Clue us in, Mandy.

re: #95 hermeneutics

I'll spend it wisely. Thank you.

Actually I was gonna say "here's a tip, don't take any wooden nickles" or "Charliehorse in the fourth at Belmont".

re: #92 hermeneutics

It's a news sharing site, controlled by moonbats, or as we've come to call them- diggbats.

re: #91 VegasRick

Here's a tip.

"V-R" -

I am now going for an ACTUAL SHOT of my "virtual" Grey Goose - bought after Sarkozy was elected. "Skoal!"

-S-

re: #103 rabidsquirrel

Channeling Bigel?

That provokes a faint memory of The Friday Night Massacre.

re: #101 rabidsquirrel

Evil robot attacks.

I think the correct term for the Digg hordes is "ZOMG Zerg Rush!"

re: #105 MandyManners

ShortShit is gonna' be surprised.

Howard Dean?

re: #105 MandyManners

ShortShit is gonna' be surprised.

and not pleasantly.

re: #109 Dr. Shalit

"V-R" -

I am now going for an ACTUAL SHOT of my "virtual" Grey Goose - bought after Sarkozy was elected. "Skoal!"

-S-

Nice.

re: #71 NoSpam

But they have strongly-worded letters, that's good enough, right?

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Yeah. And you can quite the NPT any time you want to. Just ask North Korea.

And you get to keep all your nuclear goodies too.

re: #106 hermeneutics

Who? Clue us in, Mandy.

He's the one on the right:
[Link: papundits.files.wordpress.com...]

re: #96 MandyManners

Doesn't Israel have something called the "Samson option" or whatever?

It's a pretty shitty option. Basically the " Samson Option " is that if Israel is devastated by a nuclear attack, it will take the entire Middle East and Parts of Russia and therefore the rest of the world with it! That is why Preventative Wars and Actions are so important. Wake up you idiot democrats.

re: #110 MandyManners

That provokes a faint memory of The Friday Night Massacre.

The good old, bad old days. Lots of casualties that night.

re: #107 VegasRick

Hey, Vegas, I saw this today: [Link: www.wooden-nickel.com...]

re: #97 blangwort

According to Wikipedia Syria IS a signatory to the NPT. Granted Wikipedia isn't always a reliable source about such things, but I haven't found anything to contradict this assertion.

"bw" -

In 1968, Syria couldn't assemble an automobile, why not sign?

-S-

re: #106 hermeneutics

Who? Clue us in, Mandy.

AhmandidjjlllafgbouAUKHKGJKJGKJ

ShortShit.

Re: #94 and #99-

Was just making a (probably poor) joke. Sorry if any offense was taken.

I'm pouring my Borg into my Britta, I'll have Grey Goose in seven filtrations.

re: #116 jaunte

Ahhh, I get it.

re: #87 Cartman

A ball of confusion.

I don't know exactly why i signed up either?!11

re: #78 jaunte

I am wishing I could afford everything I want.

The idea of another Islamic nation with nukes gives me the cold sweats.

re: #110 MandyManners

That provokes a faint memory of The Friday Night Massacre.

The smell of napalm in cyberspace...

re: #119 hermeneutics

Hey, Vegas, I saw this today: [Link: www.wooden-nickel.com...]

Holy Crap!

"Lass Dir kein X für ein U vormachen"
The litterary translation is: "don't let tell you, a X is an U". It comes from the Latin Numbers, where X means 10 and U (resp. V, but the Romans did not differentiate between those two letters) means 5. If someone tells you an X is an U, he tries to fool you.

It takes all that to say "don't take any wooden nickles" in German!
No wonder their cars are so expensive!

re: #121 MandyManners

better tell them who the 'shit slinging monkey' is too.
just to keep the record straight.

re: #129 nyc redneck

better tell them who the 'shit slinging monkey' is too.
just to keep the record straight.

Howard Dean?

NObama for president.

YESbomb-a Terrorist nuke capabilities.

But Obama wants to talk to Syria!

I cannot find "Push Da Button" by Teapack/?.

re: #127 Cartman

The smell of napalm in cyberspace...

I hid under my desk.

re: #130 DesertSage

Howard Dean?

come on. he's the mushroom.
sheeeesh.

re: #129 nyc redneck

better tell them who the 'shit slinging monkey' is too.
just to keep the record straight.

Hoopie!

re: #130 DesertSage

Howard Dean?

You know, he's kind of an all purpose, appropriate answer, isn't he?

re: #115 blangwort

Yeah. And you can quite the NPT any time you want to. Just ask North Korea.

And you get to keep all your nuclear goodies too.

And act like a millitant five-year-old. The only thing that keeps a bureaucracy from expanding bloblike to a bloated mess is effective policing, but there's nobody to police the UN. They're more concened with preservation of the bureaucracy than actually enforcing some decency on the two-bit tyrants of the world and we're too wussy to just kick their collective butts to the curb.

Israel, fortunately, has no such wussiness. They do what they gotta do and don't wait for approval from morons. (And don't subsequently care what said morons whine about afterwards.)

re: #133 MandyManners

I cannot find "Push Da Button" by Teapack/?.

Here!

re: #134 MandyManners

I hid under my desk.

It was the mutha of all trainwrecks.

re: #136 MandyManners

Hoopie!

LOL

re: #126 cowsmacker

I am wishing I could afford everything I want.

The idea of another Islamic nation with nukes gives me the cold sweats.

Given their propensity for killing each other every Middle East country has reason to fear another getting a nuke with the exception of Israel. Everyone but N.K. and Syria, and maybe Iran, maybe, thanks Israel. Me too.

re: #134 MandyManners

I hid under my desk.

I've never heard of this one.

re: #105 MandyManners

I think you are right.

Dinnerjacket thinks he will be allowed to reign in his shadow. Somehow, I don't think the Mahdi is going to be the sharing type.

re: #87 Cartman

A ball of confusion.

Cartman -

The Ball of Confusion died - or should have on 9/11/2001.

-S-

Well, I'm off to acquire some of that highly potent, life saving element called Beerium. Catch y'all later.

re: #133 MandyManners

I cannot find "Push Da Button" by Teapack/?.

Here it is.

re: #146 Slumbering Behemoth

Well, I'm off to acquire some of that highly potent, life saving element called Beerium. Catch y'all later.

I've no beer. Sigh.

re: #144 Syrah

I think you are right.

Dinnerjacket thinks he will be allowed to reign in his shadow. Somehow, I don't think the Mahdi is going to be the sharing type.

"There is only one Lord of the Ring, and he does not share power."

re: #143 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I've never heard of this one.

Consider yourself lucky. It wasn't pretty.

re: #144 Syrah

He is the Mahdi.

good night Lizards! C some on the early thread.

Caroline Glick tells you how Bush/Rice are saying thank you:

In 2004, Sharon was faced with a difficult political reality. After trouncing the Left in the January 2003 elections by denouncing Labor leader Amram Mitzna's plan to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza, in December 2003, Sharon shocked his party and coalition members by announcing that he was adopting Mitzna's reviled plan as his own.

Sharon was unable to argue with his critics who asserted that an Israeli withdrawal would mean a terrorist takeover. Israel would be handing Fatah and Hamas terrorists their biggest victory ever and convincing them that there is no reason for them to accept Israel's right to exist and sue for peace.

Since Sharon had no answers for his critics, who were merely stating the obvious, he worked to change the subject by linking the withdrawal to a piece of paper. He begged Bush to write him a letter stating that the US would not expect Israel to throw out all of the 500,000 Jews who live in Judea, Samaria and post-1967 Jerusalem neighborhoods in the framework of a peace treaty with the PLO. And in April 2004, Bush presented Sharon with a letter, which while qualified, was sufficient for him to claim a diplomatic victory that could justify the withdrawal. Bush wrote, "In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli population centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status negotiations will be a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949."

THE LETTER was never the stunning endorsement that Sharon and his defenders in the local media made it out to be. But it was something. Today however, the Bush administration, which has sought to bar all Jewish building in both post-1967 neighborhoods in Jerusalem and all of Judea and Samaria including major population centers, is trying to disavow Bush's signed pledge entirely.

According to last Thursday's Washington Post, Bush administration officials are doing everything they can to try to get out of the President's commitment to Sharon. Justifying the letter as an insincere piece of political maneuvering used to help Sharon expel the Jews from Gaza and Northern Samaria in 2005, they explain that the letter is no longer politically necessary. It served its purpose of drumming up domestic Israeli support for the now completed withdrawal and expulsion and ought to be set aside.

As National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley gently phrased it, "The president obviously still stands by that letter of April of 2004, but you need to look at it, obviously, in the context in which it was issued."

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

re: #148 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

re: #151 Rancher

He is the Mahdi.

I think he suspects that.

Or, that it is his secret hope.

Thank you Israel!

re: #120 Dr. Shalit

"bw" -

In 1968, Syria couldn't assemble an automobile, why not sign?

-S-

Back in 1968, Syria was trying to find an excuse to become a more powerful Soviet Satellite state. The Russians were positively eager to see how their weapons worked on that little upstart Jewish state. Too bad for them, the Syrian army was a complete farce. The Israelis could have fought them with not much more than squirt guns and they'd have won.

I saw all those abandoned tanks on the Golan Heights in the 1970s. The Syrians army literally got out of them and ran away from the approaching Israeli army. In fact, the Israelis used to parade their captured Soviet tanks. They had entire squadrons of them!

Yeah, let the Syrians have nuclear weapons. They can control them. What could possibly go wrong?

re: #140 Cartman

It was the mutha of all trainwrecks.

Clash of the Titans. Death-Knell of the Dolts.

re: #155 Syrah

I think he suspects that.

Or, that it is his secret hope.

Goodnight all! Nice talking to you Syrah.

re: #143 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

It was ugly.

re: #152 BulgarWheat

good night Lizards! C some on the early thread.

Sweetdream to ya!

re: #150 rabidsquirrel

Consider yourself lucky. It wasn't pretty.

Kind of got in the middle on one once here trying to break it up...I have only been more totally ignored in my lifetime by my wife.

So, all arguments at LGF happen in spite of me. As St. Dangerfield once said, "Hey! I'm a lover, not a fighter."

re: #146 Slumbering Behemoth

"SB"

Aaaah - Cerveza - Cuando lo necesita, lo necesita, y no hay de que.

-S-

re: #154 formercorpsman

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Thanks. heh.

re: #132 looking closely

But Obama wants to talk to Syria!

Oh, fuck Obama and fuck Bashir.

re: #149 Sharmuta

"There is only one Lord of the Ring, and he does not share power."

"One Ring To Rule Them All, One Ring To Find Them, One Ring To Bring Them All And In The Darkness Bind Them!"

Brings to mind that circle thing that they do around that rock.

re: #162 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

It's like a storm.

I swear you can feel it coming weeks before the blow-outs occur.

re: #151 Rancher

He is the Mahdi.

He was born and raised in a log-cabin well?

re: #159 VegasRick

Goodnight all! Nice talking to you Syrah.

Goodnight.

I will try to keep up on the latest lingo, but, well, that is not my strong suit.

brb Gotta' beat The Kid.

re: #163 Dr. Shalit

"SB"

Aaaah - Cerveza - Cuando lo necesita, lo necesita, y no hay de que.

-S-

Carpe Cerevisi...Sieze the Beer!

It's a shame we didn't have the balls to take care of this ourselves but I'm thankful that somebody in the world still does.

re: #169 Syrah

Goodnight.

I will try to keep up on the latest lingo, but, well, that is not my strong suit.

Sweet dreams to ya!

re: #170 MandyManners

brb Gotta' beat The Kid.

Howard Dean?

I'm outta herrrr, you jive turkeys.

I am out like the fat kid at dodgeball.

G'night Jason.

Less anyone forget.

Condoleezza Rice opposed Israel’s attack on Syrian nuclear site

[Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...]

Believe it or not- she still has a job.

Tells you everything you need to know about this Administration.

Thank you, Israel, for this and so many other things. The world is a better place because you exist.

re: #175 formercorpsman

I'm outta herrrr, you jive turkeys.

weet dreams to ya! :)

re: #157 blangwort

"blang" -

Better yet - check the history - the Syrians were faked out when they abandoned the Soviet Tanks.

-S-

re: #172 Killgore Trout

From all that I've read, it really looks as if it was still a joint effort.

But, it's late, who the hell knows.

Take it easy.

re: #171 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"FBV"

Whaddeverhappened to the good old "Carpe Diem?"

-S-

re: #179 beachkatie

weet dreams to ya! :)

My S stuck! REALLY!

re: #108 Sharmuta

[digg.com is] a news sharing site, controlled by moonbats, or as we've come to call them- diggbats.

I'd say the diggbats are a little different from the usual moonbats. Most seem to be boys, about 13-16 years old, and they use words like "pwned" a lot.

But there are other groups on digg.com that have even more influence than the diggbats. The largest groups are raving lunatic conspiracy theorists, vicious anti-semites, and Ron Paul supporters (who, as you can imagine, are often one and the same). Interestingly, there are also a lot of really militant anti-religion activists (i.e. people who hate ALL religions, and go around advocating for atheists' rights). And now and then the anti-circumcision activists get themselves going, which is sort of interesting.

Mixed in with those, there are about 10-20% intelligent adults who will often point you toward something worthwhile. One thing is really important though: go to the "my profile" section and (1) set yourself up for maximum privacy, and (2) there's some kind of group preferences setting thing where you can uncheck a box to tell it that you're not interested in stories on the subject of "2008 U.S. Elections." You gotta uncheck that box, otherwise you'll have a hard time finding anything interesting amongst the never-ending deluge of obamaspam.

re: #121 MandyManners

AhmandidjjlllafgbouAUKHKGJKJGKJ

ShortShit.

Noted.

re: #166 Syrah

"One Ring To Rule Them All, One Ring To Find Them, One Ring To Bring Them All And In The Darkness Bind Them!"

Brings to mind that circle thing that they do around that rock.

It certainly fits.

I BEFORE E EXCEPT AFTER C
AND WHEN SOUNDING LIKE A, LIKE IN NEIGHBOR OR WEIGH.
AND YOU'LL ALWAYS BE WRONG
NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY!

Brian Regan.

oops...Carpe Cerevisi...Seize the Beer!

G'night all.

re: #183 beachkatie

weet dreams to ya! :)

My S stuck! REALLY!

Or maybe you just used one "E" too many?

re: #188 DesertSage

Or maybe you just used one "E" too many?

GMTA

re: #187 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Goodnight, FBV !

re: #174 DesertSage

Howard Dean?

How dare you insult The Kid?! I demand satisfaction.

(Bagels at sunrise okay with you?)

re: #184 Last Mohican

Don't tell me- tell hermeneutics. I haven't bothered with digg in months.

re: #189 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

GMTA

"Great Minds Think Alike."

I just had to look that up, and I thought I'd enlighten any other geezers who were about to do the same.

re: #179 beachkatie

weet dreams to ya! :)

Weet dreams? Is that some kinda' perverse code for Sylvester?

re: #180 Dr. Shalit

Uh huh. It was all due to a bit of creative "radio theater."

Which begs the question: If the Syrian army command and control was in such disarray that a bit of well crafted propaganda chased them off, how well would they do with a real nuke?

I'll bet there were loads of neighboring countries who were breathing a sigh of relief, just as they did when the Israelis bombed an Iraqi reactor back in the 1980s. Nevertheless, it didn't stop them from driving the UN to make all sorts of pompous noises about territorial sovereignty.

re: #191 MandyManners

How dare you insult The Kid?! I demand satisfaction.

(Bagels at sunrise okay with you?)

With Cream Cheese and Lox?

re: #185 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Noted.

Glad you like it, ShortShit!

Send my regards to your buddy!

re: #196 DesertSage

With Cream Cheese and Lox?

The former and diced onions, please.

re: #194 MandyManners

Weet dreams? Is that some kinda' perverse code for Sylvester?

Reminds me of joke...

Tonto has ear to the ground, looks up at Lone Ranger, says, "Buffalo come".

Lone Ranger is impressed, says, "Your people amaze me. The way your senses have been honed for thousands of years, with great traditions of scouting passed along from generation to generation. How are you sure Buffalo come?"

Tonto looks at him and says, "Cheek Sticky."

re: #177 opinionated

'op' -

Which is WHY I laughed at her consideration to be the "R" nominee for Vice President. Condi is an intelligent person. Her problem is that she equates the Palestinian Arab of 2008 with the African American of the early/mid 1960's in Montgomery, AL. Yo, Condi - the "Palestinian" of today has been more or less "on the WORLD'S dole" since 1948 under both Arab and Israeli regimes. Not so the African American of the early/mid 1960's. Take it from there and fill in the spaces.

-S-

re: #188 DesertSage

Or maybe you just used one "E" too many?

What ever! heh hehe! :)

re: #198 MandyManners

The former and diced onions, please.

No smoked salmon? Blasphemy, I tell you!

Ahhhhhh.....the sun goes down over the City Of Angels!

I had weet dreams the other night. I woke up, and I was covered in flour.

heh

re: #192 Sharmuta

That was what I was thinking -- I meant it as sort of an open response to anyone interested.

I've come to appreciate some aspects of digg. There's obviously no point reading the "popular" political stories, but you can track the diggings of others whose contributions do interest you.

Mostly, though, I enjoy the non-political stories. How else would I have learned about the air-conditioned t-shirt? Or Japanese children's new fascination with crafting extremely shiny little balls out of mud?

If a single nuclear weapon were to detonate, anywhere on earth it is plausible that the value of the companies as represented by the worlds stock markets would decline by 50% at the least, the global economy would be shattered, the casualties from starvation would be greater than from the resulting wars, governments would fall, revolutions would take place, etc. I would be seriously pissed off at having to replace my retirement plans with survival activities.

Thanks Israel, now that moves Iran to the top of the heap and the US needs to step up to the plate with a plan and a vengeance. Islamism has introduced the world to the reality of preventative war. Iraq and Afghanistan have provided us with the bases that allow victory against the greatest threat that the world has seen since the Cuban Missile crises. Time to get our shit together.

Don't worry, be happy!

/haven't heard that in a while.

re: #195 blangwort

blang -

Hopefully we will NEVER know. I wish them the fate of the New Orleans local Government - Pre: Bobby Jindal - STUCK ON STUPID!

-s-

re: #29 Nevergiveup

I am glad Israel acted, but the real big problem remains- IRAN. And Iran is to big a problem for Israel to tackle alone. I am just really afraid that if President Bush does not act before he leaves office, it will be to late.

He's gonna act, alright.

Word is, he is demanding Israel go into ceasefire mode, so that he can force Israel to conclude an agreement with Abbas giving him half of Jerusalem, and most of the ancestral Jewish lands of Judah and Samaria by Nov 2008.

See BabaZee's post /

Is it a quid pro quo for action on Iran?

re: #199 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

*whack*

re: #168 MandyManners

OK, he's not the Mahdi but I think he thinks he's this guy.

Soon a pious person from the progeny of Imam Hasan Mojtaba... meets with the Imam. He is a venerable God-fearing individual from Iran. Before the Imam's appearance he fights oppression and corruption and enters Iraq to lift the siege of Kufa and holy Najaf and to defeat the forces of Sofyani in Iraq. He then pledges allegiance to Imam Mahdi.

re: #192 Sharmuta

I got the message. Thanks. Interesting, too.

re: #207 Dr. Shalit

If Israel keeps watching and defending against them, we won't know. I'll sleep soundly tonight. Good night Lizards!

re: #202 DesertSage

No smoked salmon? Blasphemy, I tell you!

Ahhhhhh.....the sun goes down over the City Of Angels!

Beautiful! When will all that smoke from the fire dissipate?

re: #209 MandyManners

*whack*

I wasn't sure if it would translate well written out. So at least you got it? Went well with all the "weet dreams" stuff floating around it.

re: #204 Last Mohican

Shiny mud balls...now I want one.

re: #208 Maine's Michael

Is it a quid pro quo for action on Iran?

Why would Bush demand Israeli territorial concessions in exchange for action against Iran? I would think the only reason for doing that would be to help keep the Muslim street from going completely apesh*t nuts when the U.S. attacks Iran, and keeping their hating-America level in the low range.

But I think that, if America attacks Iran, the Muslim street will go nuts regardless of what's happening in Judea and Samaria. And we know that their hate-America meter is going to be pegged at 11 anyway. So what's the difference?

re: #213 MandyManners

Beautiful! When will all that smoke from the fire dissipate?

It's starting to now. In a few days we'll be back to the normal smog.

re: #210 Rancher

OK, he's not the Mahdi but I think he thinks he's this guy.

With all due respect, I think that that is just a bunch of hoo-hah. He might be trying to fufill that crap but, HIS GOD IS NOT IN CONTROL OF THIS.

re: #199 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

HYSTERICAL. More Jokes, Chubby!

re: #216 Last Mohican

Why would Bush demand Israeli territorial concessions in exchange for action against Iran? I would think the only reason for doing that would be to help keep the Muslim street from going completely apesh*t nuts when the U.S. attacks Iran, and keeping their hating-America level in the low range.

But I think that, if America attacks Iran, the Muslim street will go nuts regardless of what's happening in Judea and Samaria. And we know that their hate-America meter is going to be pegged at 11 anyway. So what's the difference?

I believe both of your points are true.

America's Israel policy does not help America, and only hurts Israel.

re: #215 Sharmuta

They're really cool. The article contains instructions on how to make them, too. But it looked pretty time-consuming, so I've deferred my first attempt at shiny mudball-making for a while.

Here's another little digglet: the psychoacoustic illusion of tones with perpetually rising pitch.

re: #214 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I don't wanna' even think about stump-broke buffalo.

Wiener races

re: #219 hermeneutics

HYSTERICAL. More Jokes, Chubby!

So it typed out okay? Was really concerned, but couldn't pass it up... Started with comments by Last Mohican, the weet dreams...how could I not tell that one. Try to keep from to much Joke Threading, I leave that for the "Claw". But I am glad you enjoyed it.

Now, I really must go to bed. See you on the morrow!

re: #221 Last Mohican

I saw the instructions- I think I'll take a crack at it.

re: #148 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

re: #163 Dr. Shalit

So the rumors are true, there really are sober children in American? How very sad, what is this country coming too?
/

re: #221 Last Mohican

Oh- and thanks for sharing. :)

re: #217 DesertSage

It's starting to now. In a few days we'll be back to the normal smog.

Great!

re: #220 Maine's Michael

Jerusalem is the burdensome stone. And G*d does not take lightly the sin of those who divide the Land.

But the Book says they're all going to continue to do so!

re: #200 Dr. Shalit

You laugh at the idea of her as VP, I cry that she is still Sec of State.

This was not about her 'Palestinian' pets. This was proof she is a rationalizing cowardly appeaser with an strong anti Israel disposition. Or in other words- Carter like.

re: #225 Sharmuta
I book marked the directions. They are cool.

re: #220 Maine's Michael

Maybe Bush's goal in demanding Israeli concessions is not to satisfy the "Palestinians" or the Saudis, who of course will never be satisfied until Israel is annihilated. Maybe he's trying to appeal instead to future historians, who he hopes may judge him as a peacemaker, or at least more "balanced" with respect to Mideast policy, if he smacks Israel around a little for no particular reason.

If that's his thinking, then I think he should give up. His legacy is beyond repair, in my opinion. If I were him, I'd head back to my ranch on January 21, 2009, throw a few steaks on the grill, crack open a cold one, put my feet up, and watch the sunset.

fck the moslem street.

re: #208 Maine's Michael

"MM' -

Unless it IS a "quid pro quo" - My advice to the Israelis is Wait It Out.

-S-

re: #231 snowcrash

I book marked the directions. They are cool.

I did too.

Good Evening Lizards! It's cold in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland now. We even got some flurries today --algore's last attempt of the year -- of what I do not know.

How are you all tonite and what are we talking about?

re: #233 nyc redneck

fck the moslem street.

"nyc"

Look at it this way - when you want to hear a--holes - f-rt.

-S-

re: #236 ggt

Hey ggt! Weet dreams.

if Syria was that close to having nukes and no one knew, how close must Iran actually be? Sleep tight.

re: #239 Ziggy

if Syria was that close to having nukes and no one knew, how close must Iran actually be? Sleep tight.

Geez Louise, thanks a lot, Ziggy!

Faith is the only antidote for fear!

re: #236 ggt

How are you all tonite and what are we talking about?

Doing well tonight, thanks! How are you? Tonight's topics include geopolitical ramifications of Israel's attack on the Syrian nuclear reactor, "weet dreams," and shiny Japanese mudballs.

re: #10 Occasional Reader

Just one, he deserver to get one every year for all the great work her does, like...... um ...... well. Nevermind.

re: #238 DesertSage

Hey ggt! Weet dreams.

I think we've just invented a new in-joke slang term that LGFers will use from this day forward. :D :D :D :D

re: #238 DesertSage

Weet dreams?

back at cha' (I think?)

re: #236 ggt

Good Evening Lizards! It's cold in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland now. We even got some flurries today --algore's last attempt of the year -- of what I do not know.

How are you all tonite and what are we talking about?

nuking Iran, weet dreams, screwing Israel, and cute little dogs racing with cute little legs

re: #243 NomadOfNorad

I think we've just invented a new in-joke slang term that LGFers will use from this day forward. :D :D :D :D

H/T - Beachkatie

re: #241 Last Mohican

Doing well tonight, thanks! How are you? Tonight's topics include geopolitical ramifications of Israel's attack on the Syrian nuclear reactor, "weet dreams," and shiny Japanese mudballs.

weet dreams and shiny Japanese mudballs.

hmmmm . . .

I don't think I am going to ask.

re: #233 nyc redneck

fck the moslem street.

I think the Muslim street has, collectively, become the world's Boy Who Cried "Rage." I mean, if you're going to fly into a murderous rage and start killing people because of what some little boy names his teddy bear, then how can you expect leaders of nations to respond sensitively to your other political grievances?

re: #247 ggt

You know you want a shiny mud ball- admit it!

re: #218 MandyManners
Doesn’t matter. Perception is everything in the Middle East, facts matter little. That was yesterday’s spin; he’ll come up with something similar to fit his Messianic persona in the future. I used to write the guy off as a puppet of the Mullahs but he is amassing more and more power. One sign of this is that the Mullahs have slapped him down a few times in the last year and a half.

Dang, go answer the phone, talk to old friends for an hour, and BAM! Two new threads and weet dreams. What is this, the Lounge?

Thankyou Israel!

re: #249 Sharmuta

ahhhhh, I'm not thinking I do.

Hikaru dorodango; 'cause we've got to get back to the land!

re: #251 Sarge1984

I apologize for introducing the mudballs. But I had nothing to do with the wiener dogs.

re: #251 Sarge1984

Hey Sarge!

Weet dreams to you too!

re: #255 Last Mohican

I'm with ggt. I don't wanna know...good thing I'm too lazy to read back over the first 200 comments on this thread.

re: #256 DesertSage

You're scarin' me, Sage!

re: #236 ggt

Good Evening Lizards! It's cold in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland now. We even got some flurries today --algore's last attempt of the year -- of what I do not know.

Where I'm at, it's just about 8pm and the temp is 79 degrees. I'm rubbing it in now because in just a short while it will be the season of "OMFG it's one-hundred-and-suck-arse degrees AGAIN, I f**king hate summer", and I'll be super jealous of you folks languishing in the extra chilly 80s.

P.S., feel free to rub that in when the time comes.

And Barrack Hussein and Hillary want to have, no - precondition talks, with Iran, Syria, Venezuela, N Korea, et al, like,

"Hey Mahmoud, hows the nuclear thingy going", "oh, we gave up on the nuclear thing years ago, wink, wink, wink".

There is no Democrat currently in Washington D.C. who would have the Intel cajons to have even known about something like what Syria was/is doing.

Only after whomever would use nukes, would a Democrat do anything, and then, it would be a "police action".

The "head" of the U.N. nuclear watchdog group, "Alwhatever his name is", needs to go, now!

Sheesh!

I went to a party with a bunch of Russians and Ukrainians.
Apparently drinking to each other's health "Na zdroviye!" involves being embalmed in vodka.
Embalming preserves health?
Very good vodka, though.

Israel keeps doing the world's dirty work, and doing it with class and style.
Thanks Israel.

re: #259 Slumbering Behemoth

Where I'm at, it's just about 8pm and the temp is 79 degrees. I'm rubbing it in now because in just a short while it will be the season of "OMFG it's one-hundred-and-suck-arse degrees AGAIN, I f**king hate summer", and I'll be super jealous of you folks languishing in the extra chilly 80s.

P.S., feel free to rub that in when the time comes.

Don't worry--the monsoons will come and cool it off.

re: #239 Ziggy

if Syria was that close to having nukes and no one knew, how close must Iran actually be? Sleep tight.

Syria, by itself, doesn't have the technical ability to construct nukes.
The Syrian air defenses were bought and paid for by Iran.
The Syrian nuke plant, therefore, was likely put there either by Iran, or at least with its knowledge.
So its reasonable to assume that the nuke-U-lar material in Syria was either being generated for use by Iran, or (less likely) by North Korea, or both.
Consequently, its reasonable to assume that Syria trying to make nukes is part of the same problem as Iran; its not a different thing.

re: #262 Sarge1984

Don't worry--the monsoons will come and cool it off.

Freeze warnings in the Midwest tonight, with low 40's for highs tommorow.

Also, chance of snow.

Must be the manmade global warming thing.

;p

re: #259 Slumbering Behemoth

Where I'm at, it's just about 8pm and the temp is 79 degrees. I'm rubbing it in now because in just a short while it will be the season of "OMFG it's one-hundred-and-suck-arse degrees AGAIN, I f**king hate summer", and I'll be super jealous of you folks languishing in the extra chilly 80s.

P.S., feel free to rub that in when the time comes.

Its only 75.1 in my area.

/

Exclusive: Roadblock removal north of Nablus bares central Israel to revived West Bank terror menace

April 28, 2008, 8:15 PM (GMT+02:00)
Defense minister Ehud Barak

Defense minister Ehud Barak

Military authorities leading the campaign against Palestinian terror told DEBKAfile Monday, April 28, that the removal of the permanent roadblock at Asariya a-Shemaliya north of the West Bank town of Nablus lays the entire area including central Israel open to terrorist attacks which that very roadblock had long been a key element in frustrating.

The decision was taken by defense minister Ehud Barak in line with his promise to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to ease Palestinian traffic on the West Bank by reducing the number of roadblocks. She is due for another visit in early May ahead of President George W. Bush’s attendance of Israel’s 60th anniversary celebrations.

Worried anti-terror planners offer dire predictions:

1. The roadblock’s removal enables a link-up between the terrorist strongholds of Jenin and Nablus and helps them strengthen their networks in both.

2. The intense security effort invested by the army and security service in building a counter-terror shield in this part of the West Bank is brought to naught. The sleeper cells of armed Palestinian factions long quiescent in Saida, Beit Iba, Deir Sharaf and Beit Lid between Nablus and Tulkarm will now have unimpeded access to weapons, explosives, reinforcements and an exchange of intelligence for their reactivation.

The murder of two Israelis at Nitsanei Oz across the border from Tulkarm on April 25 was the first sign of these terrorist cells are stirring. They will be further energized by the removal of the key roadblock Monday.

3. They will now have a clear path from the northern West Bank to the trans-Israeli Highway 6 and the Israeli heartland cities of Netanya, Kfar Saba, Rosh Ha’ayin and Hadera.

One military source said to DEBKAfile: “The countdown has begun for the next suicide attack in Israel.”

This blood will be on Condi Rice's hands.