What IF Iran Is Behind the Burgeoning Regional War?
Via hilzoy via Glenn Greenwald, I found this description of Mubarak's attempts to broker peace between Hamas and Israel.
"Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday told the Cairo daily AlAhram that he had drafted an agreement for the release of abductedIsraeli soldier Gilad Shalit, but that it had been scuttled by outsidepressure on Hamas.
Novak Loses the Narrative (Again)
As I've said before, the pro-Cheney forces are really hamstrung because they have to rely on Novak as the public face of their fight with Wilson. You've got a man whose charisma derives from his dark creepiness fighting for press attention against a classic American blonde beauty. (I keep seeing visions of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, but at least Quasimodo was a sympathetic character.)
Add to that, Novak is really having
The Greater Middle Eastern War
Like Arthur Silber, I fear that events in the Middle East are designed to spiral out of control, right into Persia.
[OH, BROTHER: I've said it before, and I'll say it again: It's All About Iran. As I wrote:
Iffor whatever particular combination of reasons the attack on Irandoesn't come before the November elections (and perhaps even as earlyas this summer), it will certainly come before the end of Bush's term.
Drudge