Thank god it's Sunday

This was an extremely busy week and I had to restrain my addiction to blogging and ME topics to the utmost - nearly unbearable - limit. This sunday morning I had the choice between reducing my lack of sleep or... You guessed it - I got up early and went through some of my favourite blogs.

Uh, and what I learned isn't exactly what a peaceful sunday should promise. I'll start with Jeha's adorable 'Let's call the whole thing off'. One link really stunned me: can anybody tell what's going on in Aoun's mind? He seems to be the same old warlord he used to be and obviously is unwilling to accept elections' outcome. But the rest looks completely insane to me. In German we have the expression 'Wendehals'. Literally translated it is a neck that turns 180 degrees. Some rough sketches:

Aoun when he came back to Lebanon....

Aoun today.

Back to politics - the way Aoun twists the meaning of 'people's voice' reminds me of my country's history - I'm sorry. Churchill and Hitler once had a fight in the newspapers. Hitler told Churchill that he (Churchill) only represents a tiny part of UK, while he, Hitler, represents the voice of the whole nations. Not just that, he said that he is the German Nation. No need to mention that since that day he never asked the German people via elections again. I'm not saying that Aoun is going to be another Hitler. But I do underline the message learned: people like him should not be accepted as candidates in democratic elections.

Again Lebanon, but the question applies for Iraq just as well - Charles Malik comments on an interesting editorial: 'Kiss goodbye to a liberal Middle East'. It fits well into my topic 'The other America' and I sadly cannot reject the conclusion:

(...)it's ironical that Arab liberals should now applaud the onset of a realist American foreign policy toward the Arab world.

A tiny addition from the Palestinian front: US interaction in the conflict was reduced up to zero within the last two years. They've left it up to Europe to engage in the muddle - despite official statements the EU still finances the Palestinians: 329 Million Euro for 2006 is not nothing, huh? Now look at the results - not very encouring. While media still focus on every Palestinian killed by Israel, on every Iraqi killed by alleged Iraqis, it goes unnoticed that Palestinians are at the verge of a civil war. Instead we learn every week that Hamas has finally come up with a government. What government? Well, ask Fatah.

Europe won't deny the threats of a civil war, though. When it comes to keeping down US influence diplomats are more than ready to point out on it. Read the article carefully and think about the underlying concept. Either finance Hamas and Fatah or let all of them starve. Both option won't really prevent a civil war, will they?

So this was my sunday morning, I gotta go back to house-hunting in order to prevent civil war between Mixmax and me ;-)

The Other America -> Anti-Situation-Movement ahead?

It's been all over the news: Nancy Pelosi, the designated "first woman speaker of the House", supports anti-war-movement's darling Jack Murtha as a majority leader.

"Murtha, a former Marine who is respected for his knowledge of defense issues, gained national attention last year when he said U.S. troops should be withdrawn from Iraq."

So is this a sign that Pelosi from San Franciso, where the anti-war-movement is known to be strong, will give in to those demands and is heading towards a withdrawal of US troops in Iraq?

First, Murtha is "widely viewed as an underdog in a two-man race". We will see if she puts in her weight and really wants him to become the majority speaker.

Second, she prepared grounds to escape the anti-war-movement's pressure:

Asked whether her preference is to win the war or just end it, Pelosi said those are not the options.

"This isn't a war to win, its a situation to be solved, and you define winning any way you want, but you must solve the problem," she said.

We're waiting for the anti-situation-movement to answer her challenge.

The Left's Tune Unplugged

At least the real motivation of the Left is uncovered - egoism:

If Saddam were still in power, he would have stopped this happening. Iraq's dissidents would have paid a price, but the rest of us would be a lot better off.

Dear Iraqis, don't feel offended, you're not alone. Cox wants to send the Russians back into tyranny, too. For the sake of inspiring his boring British freedom:

Living under tyranny may not be ideal, but it is not impossible. In the Soviet Union, life took on a character of its own, in which the human spirit managed to flourish in spite of the political constraints. The literature generated in those conditions can still inspire us.

Instead of commenting, I sign Alla's statement:

So our kind leftists who care so much about humanity don't think that dictatorship and tyranny are as terrible as all that. This article is interesting because it expresses the point of view of many of the like of this individual. Read this my friends and wonder how low have our "humanitarian" liberals and leftists have sunk. I shall say no more.

That reminds me of my to-do-list - I wanted to dig into the history of Liberals and demonstrate why these people don't have a right to label themselves Liberals.