OK, so let’s get Syria, and if they move the weapons, go after the criminal regime of Iran and if necessary clean up the Kingdom of Jordan, and then Lebenon.

Cyprus, heck we can take them too. Malta, 2 days worth if we do this right. Since France hasn’t been overly cooperative let’s just roll over them. Clean up their beaches and improve the quality of their films in one fell swoop.

Canada would be a breeze and finally let’s take out the commies in Berkley, and Madison and Chapel Hill.

Heck, we can even call this a nice German name just to thumb our nose at the Krauts.

Why not blitzkrieg?

Is it terrorism when Israel bombs Gaza City and kills dozens of innocents?

If not, why not? If you concede such actions are not sanctioned by the Geneva conventions, why don’t we just invade Israel–who we all know has nukes, chemical and biological weapons–before we start picking on Syria.

Besides bombs and bulldozers, Israel has used gas on Palestinians. “Gassing their own people” if you buy their definition of their borders.

Of course, that makes US a “state that funds terrorism” and we can’t stomach that possibility, now can we?

I’m not saying the US shouldn’t put pressure on nations that sponsor terrorism. I am merely once again marveling at the shortsighted ineptitude with which we do so. To wit:

1) Our ham-fisted diplomacy leading up to the present war has put us in a position where we (and Britain) are condemning Syria alone rather than with a broad coalition.

But even more ridiculously…

2) Less than a year ago Colin Powell gave high and unequivocal praise to Syria for their help in our war against Al Qaeda. He acknowledged that Syria had initiated and taken part in operations that “saved American lives.”

Considering this, a nuanced approach towards Syria is called for. And today’s bombast was anything but nuanced. It was a threat, pure and simple, which may garner us short -term concessions but takes unnecessary risks with our future and the future of our struggle against Al Qaeda.

About the MPR business — I feel your pain, CC. I even wrote the station several annoyed emails on the subject, only to be fed a number of lines that are woefully easy to rebut, so my intelligence feels insulted on top of being deprived of Wait Wait. These include the ideas that Wait Wait gets bumped so often because it is in a prime spot, reflecting the high worth the station puts on the show; Wait Wait gets bumped “because this is a news station”; and Saturday is a better day for bumping because more people are listening then. So… then how do you explain the double airings of some shows and the lack of bumping during Jazz Image, the Next Big Thing, etc., all of which are much less “newsy” than Wait Wait? _I_ say that it is because Car Talk and PHC are the 900 lb gorillas, and the other shows are hot new favs or in house productions. ARARGH!

Okay, end of MPR rant… they’re generally good, but this one thing just IRKS me!

And now back to our regularly scheduled commentary on Adam’s blog…

THANK YOU! I’ve been thinking I’m losing my mind on the weekends, because I turn on Minnesota Public Radio at the time I last heard WaitWait and it isn’t there. Then I’ll be “channel surfing” on the stereo and catch the last 7 minutes of WaitWait at some new time. Next week, it ISN’T THERE. Thank god for the “play this week’s episode” feature on the WWDTM Website….

Israel isn’t stupid enough to gas the Palestinians. And if they had ever decided to massacre, the entire population could have been wiped out in a week… Don’t be fooled.