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How fast are things changing?

Jerusalem Post: Feb. 22, 2005
No Israel visit for King Abdullah in near future

Five Days Later....

Jerusalem Post: Feb. 27, 2005
Jordanian king to visit Israel

Good thing I didnt go on vacation in the past week, I'd come back and find the whole place turned upside down. Hell at this rate, if you give it a month and Eisner could have a Disney facility planned on the Red Sea.

It sure as hell looks like somebodys talking to somebody, and somebody is picking up the phone too. Funny how all the heads of state in the middle east have suddenly got ants in their pants. Secretary of State Rice cancells her trip to Egypt, because shes "disappointed". 24 hours later Hosni Mubarak does a 180 so fast that its got everyone in the chiropractors office. Now he says "Elections! heck yeah, we got elections Us folks down here in the land of pharohs dont let a little thing like the constitution get in the way, I'll get that fixed for you right away little lady. We'll have an election once a week if thats what it takes, you just let us know. Whatever it takes to make you happy"...

Why? My guess is that it might have something to do with the several BILLION dollars in aid that we pay the Egyptian government every year as a result of the Camp David peace accords. It might also have to do with a President and a Secretary of State that says what they mean and means what they say.

A two months ago, you had to remind me where Lebanon was. Now it looks like they are going to toss the Syrians out. just-like-that...

So, 'Baby Assad' is going to let his port facilities and their inherant smuggling activities and the cash that it generates fall away just-like-that?

Not unless he has to.

Does he have to? Well, I dont think he would have turned over Saddams Half-brother and 29 of his Baathist cronies and all the cash and Jewels they could carry to the Iraqi government if he didnt have to.

Now wait, didnt 'Baby Assad' just sign a "Mutual assistance treaty with Iran"?

Iran. Golly. Let's see, whats the Iranian track record with war fightin? They fought Iraq for 10 years, lost hundreds of thousands of men, gained no territory. Yeah, that works.

Oh, and while he's at it he's going to stop by the Russkie Army-Navy Surplus store and pick up some of them "Anti-Aircraft" weapons he's been hearing so much about. Yeah, that'll work out just fine. They worked so well saving Saddam, why look at all those Yankee Imperialist Aircraft Iraq shot down over Bagdhad.

Now, The last time the F-15 fought anything in the air it was when Iraq had an airforce that wasn't buried in the sand, back in Gulf War I. How did that go? Oh yeah, they all ran to Iran.

But there was another time that American equipment went up against Soviet equipment. Thats right, Bekaa valley- Syrian Owned Soviet designed Anti-Aircraft against American Designed Israeli Flown F-15's. How'd that go?

72-to-none kill ratio for the Eagle and the IDF. And that was 1983. I'm sure things havent changed much since 1983 in air warfare, right?

So, does "Baby Assad' have to? My guess is yeah, He does.

Now our little friends in Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad decided this would be a perfect time to blow up another Israeli Disco.

Why not? Its not like our host state of Lebanon or Syria is about to do anything about us, right?

When it happened, I had this little thought. "What if..."

"...Sharon woke up the day after and said - "Hey, what if I decide to treat the Palestinians as allies, and Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah as separate from the PA? Wow, that would really screw with their heads wouldnt it?"

So now what do the geniuses in Islamic Jihad go and do, Why, They admit it!, of course!

So what does Israel get to do, without bringing the Palestinians into the game?

Bingo.

Why of course!, this would be a perfect time to let the IDF go flying around looking for targets of opportunity.

Man, when I said this was going to be a wild ride of a year, I had no idea it was going to get this exciting this fast.

Posted @ February 27, 2005 09:02 PM | Current Affairs