Really? Snow in Richmond? Really?
This is why they pay such a high price for hostages: A cadet in Israel went AWOL over the weekend, but nobody knew why he was missing at first. The entire country mobilized to find him. Israeli papers ran his picture and story, and he was finally found by “passersby.” When it comes down to brass tacks, Israel is a tiny nation, and everyone knows someone who knows someone. It’s probably not six degrees of separation there. I’m betting two. Because everyone in Israel wanted to make sure that Eshel Zilberstein wasn’t dead in a ditch somewhere. (Of course, the kid is now in big trouble for going AWOL, but that’s what he gets for trying to pull a stunt like that in a nation of Jewish mothers and grandmothers. Nu?)
Oh, look. Another warning to Iran: Ynet just happened to get a story from Israeli Military Industries about their new bunker-busting missile capabilities. Yeah, timing is everything.
Think the world media will run with this? The IAEA says there’s no way they can be sure Iran is working only on “peaceful” nuclear energy. Yeah, we know. But that won’t stop the AP from saying “Israel says” before every boilerplate about Iran and nukes. A hundred bucks says you won’t see the AP change its boilerplate to “the IAEA says”.
That makes it unanimous: The Palestinians are not happy with Obama’s AIPAC speech.
Barry Rubin on Obama’s speech: Read it in full, but here’s an excerpt.
Here’s the key line: “I will not hesitate to use force when it is necessary to defend the United States and its interests.”.
But there’s a catch: Obama is the one determining what U.S. interests are and what defending them means.
Just words.