trying to remain cool...

I know it's a beautiful day heading into a beautiful weekend, and I hope you all have as happy a weekend as can be but...this (and this) puts the final lie to Israel's war on Lebanon and Palestine: it was, in fact, the Israeli's who first abducted two Palestinians, a doctor and his brother. The abduction of the Israeli soldier in Palestine was a retaliation for that (in the likely hopes of a prisoner swap)--and thus the escalation began. Not that had the case been as the media has reported it (with the abduction of the Israeli soldier being the starting point), it would have at all absolved Israel of the blame for the massively unnecessary and cruel punishment of the Lebanese and Palestinian people. The Israeli government is waging a war of (not on) terror against the Lebanese and Palestinian people. End of story. Israel and/or the US could stop this war in a second if they wanted to, but they do not.

Check out Lenin's coverage of the war over the last week or so, the man is blogging fire.

carry on in the sunshine...