Reality Out of Sync

There’s an article at Consortium News concerning the state of counter terrorism in the US. It’s a somewhat interesting article. I came across this article on Slashdot where there is a discussion on going concerning political stuffs. This post in particular caught my eye with regards to the discussion. You can find the post in [...]

So, I’ve not been all that active in posting about Gaza/Palestine and Israel lately. Mainly, because the entire issue is very muddled and people naturally have an affinity to the “plight of the Jew” as it were. I use that phrase  not as an insult to the Jewish population (“I have Jewish friends” <– oh [...]

Not too much to say about it, but it aligns quite well with what Israeli soliders were saying about  how they saw fellow soldiers (in significant numbers apparently) behave and how they were expected to behave toward Palestinians during the siege of the Gaza Strip that is on going. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7960071.stm Found this one too. *boggles* [...]

I watched, with a friend, a movie titled, Waltz With Bashir. This movie is actually an animated documentary from Israel about the 1982 Lebanon War. The movie is not entertaining at all. I hadn’t read any reviews of it before going, and the way it was described to me gave me the impression that it [...]

Double Post Day! Sorry, but I’m posting twice today. =-/ For those interested, here is some interesting information on Iran. This came about as I was reading concerning another individual’s desire to bomb Iran with regards to their nuclear programm. I can’t help but snicker a little. The US fiddled about with Iran back in [...]