Middle East Turmoil
Current death toll: 355 killed by Israel, 34 killed by Hezbollah (about half of whom are civilians). Both sides have repeatedly violated international law, and the White House’s support for Israel has not changed.
Syria, Syria, Syria. That’s the latest turn that the middle east conflict has taken.
The irony is this. While the US […]
Israeli children are being allowed to write “messages” on missiles dropped on Lebanon. The following photographs were snapped by AFP photographer Pedro Ugarte a few days ago on the border between the two countries shortly before the weapons were used. More than 300 civilians (less than 20 of whom are Israeli civillians) have died in […]
The Middle East
It is rumored that Secretary of State Rice has delayed her much-anticipated but barely-scheduled plan to visit the Middle East until Monday. Here are the latest developments, country by country:
Lebanon–
A Lebanese town has been taken over by Israeli military forces, it was reported late yesterday by CNN. According to Israeli commanders, they intend […]
It’s a disturbing trend that we’ve seen under the Bush Administration: from people who disagree with the White House become security threats. We’ve seen this in cases where Quakers getting illegally spied on because their religion advocates peace, to cases where anti-Bush protesters are arrested because nowadays expressing political opinions that disagree with the White […]
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CNN reports on the growing discontent among conservatives towards President Bush. They say that the President is disappointing them by failing them in the realm of foreign policy, for failing to deal with Iran, North Korea, Russia, and now the Middle East crisis.
Conservative Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is quoted as […]
The Middle East Crisis
The United Nations is warning that if a ceasefire or de-escalation does not occur between Israel and Hezbollah, a “major humanitarian disaster” may be unpreventable. Shortly before a UN observation outpost was caught in the crossfire, the international federation estimated that 500,000 Lebanese civilians have fled their homes, with an additional 150,000 […]
We arrived in Dallas aboiut an hour and a half ago, and just got to the hotel. It’s about 100 degrees outside they say, so being a northern creature (New Hampshire/Chicago), I’m sweating like crazy. Air conditioning is a wonderful invention though.
According to NBC News, Israeli troops are planning a (partial) ground invasion of Lebanon […]
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Conservative Fox News host Bill O’Reilly discussed President Bush’s first speech before the NAACP with Reverend Al Sharpton, who was sharply critical (heh, heh, heh) of the President’s speech which he argued was mostly fluff and no substance.
At one point, when Reverend Sharpton brought up the issue of enforcement– which has been […]
No surprise here, today we’re leading off with (you guessed it)…
The Middle East
The Associated Press made a splash yesterday by headlining an article “Israel Hints at a Full-Scale Invasion.” I would be extremely, extremely surprised if this happened…
…But considering that there are already reported to be thousands of Israeli soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, and […]
This is a poll from the Fox News website. Obviously the vast, vast majority of respondents are conservatives, and this really illustrates how much conservatives hate to have their tax money pay to help people. Along these lines, a similar number of conservatives probably think that Hurricane Katrina refugees should have to pay for the […]
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Actor Michael J. Fox, very visibly suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease, explains how he feels about the President vetoing federally funded stem cell research. A large majority of Americans support stem cell research, and the bill passed through Congress easily with bipartisan support, but the President used his first ever veto to […]
The Middle East
The Israeli military continued to violate international law, killing 68 civilians yesterday, reports The New York Times, making day eight the bloodiest day yet in the ongoing violence. The Israeli military announced it has dropped “23 tons of explosives” in the past day in an effort to kill Hezbollah leadership, which the militant […]
As promised earlier today…
“Bush gave green light” to one week allowance
The British newspaper The Guardian is reporting today that President Bush has given Israel a one-week allowance to try and destroy Hezbollah. The White House denies this. The New York Times today follows up and says that the one week claim is on the mark. […]
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow predicted yesterday that President Bush would veto expanded stem cell research swiftly, and The Daily Background now expects that it will occur later this afternoon. Expect a flurry of articles when this occurs, and the President is planning to hold a press conference (but really a photo-op) later today […]
For the first time in several days, I’m not leading off with the situation in the Middle East. Instead, I’m going to say a few words about an issue which is very personally important to me.
Stem Cells
The Senate has passed a resolution which would allow more stem cell research to take place in the United […]
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