THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER

“From outside of Israel, one would think that buses and bombs explode here every day; that armed soldiers patrol the streets searching [for] (and probably finding) terrorists on a daily basis.” Sure was quiet where we went (even in J-Lem and especially on the Golan Heights) last spring and we expect it will be again [...]

Or so says Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, because, despite the war drums getting louder and louder…. “What can Iran do with a nuclear weapon?” he asked rhetorically. “For example, will they hit Israel? How many Palestinians will die? And you think if Iran hits [...]

I’ve often wondered why it was necessary to kill Osama. American military strategist Edward Luttwak, in a fascinating new interview in Tablet Magazine, has an excellent answer: “They killed him because of the fact that if we captured Bin Laden, every Jihadist in the world would have been duty-bound to kidnap any American citizen anywhere [...]

Except, of course, of Jerusalem. Very funny video about how Obamalot has united New York Republicans, Democrats and Independents seeking the Jewish vote by condemning his Israel policy.

WTF? The country that Iranian-client Hezbollah rules as a terror state gets to make security decisions, such as refusing to condemn the cross-Sinai murders and woundings of Israelis until and unless the condemnation includes Israel. For fighting back, presumably. No surprise, there. Hez already had declared the attack “heroic.” I always thought the UN was [...]

Middle East wisdom from Yoram Ettinger, Israel’s onetime consul general in Houston: “…..the crux of the Arab-Israeli conflict does not depend on Israel or on the Americans. It is a derivative of the Middle East as it has been for 14 centuries. One shouldn’t ignore the fact that for 1,400 years, since the appearance of [...]

“A king’s daughter must be meek.” And if I hide in my abode, people will say, “You are why he left yeshiva.” If my calling is to teach, how will I make ends meet? All that I earn from work so bitter will go straight to the babysitter. “Do not misunderstand my intent,” they say. [...]

Very quiet around the Rancho these days, with Mr. B. at his week-long camp at Lost Pines, the pine forest near Bastrop, about an hour east of Austin. Weather service says it’s a bit cooler out there than here, especially at night with the breeze off the lake. This is Boy Scouts, so much of [...]