Israel

So what is going to happen? Sharon will survive but it is likely he will be unable to return to his post as PM. Sharon is/was a politcal dynamo understanding what was needed to bring peace to his country, under his leadership terrorist attacks on innocents have greatly been reduced in Israel from the height of the recent Intifada. As Amir Taheri points out, Israel needs to declare victory in all the recent wars for its protection it has fought and mark its boundaries, with a fence if need be, Sharon was doing this by the force of his own will and as this writer points out possibly damaging Israeli politics in the process. Krauthammer is not so optimistic in his assessment, all I know is Israel is crucial for the freeworld to defend. Israel and greater mesopotamia, Iraq. They harbor the history of the Judeo/Christo/Islamo world, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt,Iran are all the center of what was once the birth place of civilization. Islam being the youngest of the tribes of Abraham found a false prophet that rewrote scripture at his whim of the moment and led a tribe of pirates to near world domination. Victor Davis Hanson can chronicle those old battles better than I, as well as Serge Trifkovic's "The Sword of The Prophet" and Dr. Spencer's "Jidad Watch.org".
Those that have been here a while know my favorite Founder's speech, Patrick Henry's, and not the abbreviated version. Yes, fellow Barnyard denizens, it is time to mount up. It is time to stand for the defense of Western Civilization once again and the freedom it represents. It is not the fault of our NSA, for monitoring calls , it is the fault of those that want to kill us simply for being infidels to their particular faith. Well they encounter a Scots/Irish ideology bred for war and steeped in freedom and honor, read James Webb's outstanding book "Born Fighting" to catch a glimpse of the fire that still burns with white hot intensity. My gut rages that I cannot be on the battlefield with the Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen that allow me to rest comfortable at night.
Imagine living in Israel or Bagdad as normal working folk? Would you go to that bombed out Walmart or Vegan co-op? They do, the more I read ,I find a remarkable people ripe for freedom and a chance to live.
What will happen with Iran, Israel, Iraq and the rest of the middle east, only history will show and we are in historic times. Me, I will always hold my cup half-full, the optimist, as the second wave of media warriors.