Saturday, July 15, 2006

The winds of war have turned into a perfect storm

Good day to all, times are getting totally insane in the world, but to those of us who have been the lonely profits of doom standing among the crowds of the “totally without a clue” we knew this was on the horizon. Each of us has known for some time now that the Middle East was standing on the precipice of devastation, teetering on the edge ever so softly in the winds of war. The news reporters have been giving me a great laugh with their comments pertaining to Israel boldly taking a stand to protect their citizens, a reference to the young Israeli soldier taken hostage.

Israel has been salivating over the possibilities of removing the Hamas and Hezbollah from their back yard for some time now. Who in the sane free world can disagree with their desire to not only create a safe buffer zone around their country, but to put an end to the Hamas suicide bombers charging into their children’s schools and buses with C4 strapped to their chest. The Hamas kidnapping Cpl. Gilad Shalit was just the catalyst needed to tell their military to get their yard cleaning equipment out of the shed and make sure they first rake the Gaza Strip.

Yesterday at approximately 0910 hrs I was busy with a project I will be posting soon and Fox News interrupted with breaking news pertaining to the latest developments in the Middle East, suffice to say I was tuned in most of the day, keeping updated from a plethora of news services I have amassed over the years. My fear then as well as now is the Hezbollah will explode a dirty bomb or something with a low yield nuclear payload on Israel initiating a nuclear chain of events the Palestinians and people of Lebanon would deeply regret.

I know that a few of you have just read that last statements and choked on your coffee thinking the Ranter was off his rocker, perhaps, but bear in mind nuclear weapons have been sold by the Russian Mafia for a lengthy period of time now, the chances that terrorists’ organizations are accumulating low yield devices, due to the cost and transpiration factor has had the CIA’s alarms going off constantly, we have to assume the worst case scenarios, you can bet the farm that Israel is as we speak.

The world has known for sometime now that Iran is the major player in all of the current chain of events unfolding in the Middle East, underwriting the Hezbollah in their terrorists’ activities while spoonfeeding it what it wants to hear to fuel their hatred for Israel. The Hezbollah operates in Lebanon with the full support of both Iran and Syria and although Israel is calling upon the government of Lebanon to rid itself of the Hezbollah, once and for all they simply do not have the military power or political muscle to do anything about it.

The Arab League has condemned the current actions of the Hezbollah and is now asking the United Nations to step in and bring all of the military action to a screeching halt before it succeeds in pulling the entire Middle East into a regional war of which their could be little chance of solving.

At this point in time where this present situation may end up is anyone’s call, but, whatever happens the outcome could very well change the Middle East.

The Ranter

2 comments:

Wild Bill said...

"Graspin at straws" Ranter !! Not you, but the radicals.. Its the beginnin of the death throes of Mooselimb Radicalism.. At least in the area borderin Israel.. Israel is joinin the fight to cut the head of the snake..
There is an old "holler" in the game of craps that goes like this.. "Fever in the whorehouse, run kitty run" !!
There is advantage in this situation that could save untold millions of lives.. Cards can be played now that were untouchable before.. Both sides have some heavy cards that can be played, but the U.S., as always, has the TRUMP !!
My friend, it is a GOOD day to have G.W. in the Big House.. I shudder to thank of what appeasement would do to the situation..

Anonymous said...

Ahhhhhh, see---there is a thread of thought out there---welcome to my mind. Glad to see I'm not the only one. Mine is such a visceral and emotional place I can hardly put words to it.

Glad you can Ranter and Wild Bill. I come to yer sites for clarity and am not disappointed.

Bear was away at Boy Scout camp for a week. He just got home and I asked him "so....have you heard of the new destrux in the middle east"? "nope, not a thing"

I envy him that shangri-la.

Wish I could visit that place more often.....but, you see, I have my heart out walking the desert, my perspective is a little skewed.

Thank God I was smart enuf to take the cable news out of our home b4 E deployed. Else I would have to rubber mat the walls of my living room.