In a perfect neighborly world .....

[Stinky The Clown]

The president of Lebanon today decried Syria, Iran, and his own Hezbollah citizens. Today the Israelis said they need to invade Lebanon to rid the place of Hezbollah.

In a perfect neighborly world, wouldn't these two work together to get Hezbollah out?

[madame defarge]

1. Read this...

Hezbollah for Dummies...or Bush. Either one.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/7/21/164211/516

It's written by the author of "Confessions of a Former Dittohead", who adds his analysis & summary to a piece called "The Middle East--What's Really Driving the War?", which was written as part of a series of "Investor Insights" to give stock brokers some background info on the conflict and to forecast what impact this geo-political issue will have on the markets. (As I'm learning, economic reasons drive wars.) The 7/18/06 article relies on information provided by Dr. George Friedman's intelligence service at Stratfor.com and had this prediction:

"I look for Israel to put the hammer down in the next few days and weeks. Look for Israel to intensify the bombings. I believe the prior bombings and air campaign have been to clear the way for a ground campaign that could begin any day now. I could be wrong, of course, but this looks like the most likely scenario to me. Stratfor seems to agree. Fasten your seatbelts!"

Link to Friedman's CV: http://www.jhuapl.edu/POW/bios/friedman.htm
Link to complete article at InvestorsInsight: http://www.investorsinsight.com/forecasts.aspx