Caroline Glick has a depressing, and entirely plausible (and in fact likely) analysis of the inevitability of war in the Middle East, and Israel's need to prepare for it now (which probably includes forming a new, competent government).

Just one disagreement. Israel will not have to go to war with Iran. Israel has been at war with Iran (and Syria) for years, only via proxie.

Given Rand is calling the current Israeli government Incompetent,
I'm curious to know what his opinion of the competence
of the Bush White House is?

anonymous,
I would suspect that its the same as mine: Bush has made mistakes and has lately fallen down on prosecuting the war(s) as aggresively as we would have liked. But that DOES NOT translate into thinking that any Democrat (with one or two possible exceptions) offers a viable alternative.
I just listened to Kerry on the Sunday morning talk shows and every time he opens his mouth it just makes me more certain that my vote for Bush in '04 was the right thing to do. Even if I did have to hold my nose while I did it.

-MM

"Caroline Glick has a depressing, and entirely plausible (and in fact likely) analysis"

Rand,
The essays you post and your own tawdry analyses have about the gravitas of a Gwar video.

Hey Rand, look what I found. It's a photo of you and the National Review editorial board!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:GWAR-beyond_hell-.jpg

Brian, here's some advice that you're probably incapable of taking, but almost everyone wishes you would: grow up.

The essays you post and your own tawdry analyses have about the gravitas of a Gwar video.

And yet you cannot stop reading them. OD?

Tob

Obviously some fiend has tied poor Brian to a chair and propped his eyelids open with toothpicks in front of my blog.

I've always thought that panda bears are cute, and could be forgiven for their aggression cuz they are just dumb animals who don't know better, and sides, they are still cute.

That doesn't mean that I disregard the glaring sign in front of the habitats that say "don't feed the animals."

Retract all aid offered to all nations that are terrorists, or harbor terrorists, or likely to engage in war against us an our interests. We have been feeding the animals for too long, now we have a lake placid like mongrels opposing us, rather than the meek little creatures they should have been.

"And yet you cannot stop reading them. OD?"

I read them for the same reason people watch American Idol--to watch someone with delusions of adequacy embarrass themselves. But unlike Idol, the ridicule heaped on Rand is a just and proportional response to his own bombast, not an act of sadism against people whose talents aren't the equal of their dreams.

"Brian, here's some advice that you're probably incapable of taking, but almost everyone wishes you would: grow up."

Whatever you say, Gwar Captain.

...the ridicule heaped on Rand.../em>

My, my, my.

My.

What delusions of grandeur you have.

Or do you fantastically imagine that the pathetic keyboard diarrhea that you contribute (unasked) to these comments sections constitutes a "heap"? If not, what are the other contributions to the "heap"?

You need help, Brian. But I'm obviously not capable of offering it. Because I don't share, or even comprehend the nature of, your delusions.