Netanyahu is quite correct - attacking military forces is not terrorism so perhaps Israel wll now stop calling all attacks on its military forces terrorism.

Only Americans are uniquely allowed to do that!

And of course no Iranian weapons designers will be allowed any where near all this lovely American kit. Nothing like having a few Abrams to test your anti-tank weapons on!

Mullen is being very sensible. If he had replied to the cadet that "Yes, you may be ordered to shoot down Israeli aircraft if they enter airspace we have control of, But would you be prepared to shoot down an Israeli aircraft if ordered to do so?" The Likudniks in congress would have had have him hung, drawn and quartered in minutes. BTW, that makes me think that the cadet is most likely a Likudnik wannabe/evangelical Zionist and should be flunked on his next test and booted out of the air force pdq.

Syria being told to democratize by the "democracies" of the Arab League, some of whom are almost certainly funding and arming the armed gangs. Perhaps it is time to force "democracy" on the GCC states.

Jason - are you sure that is the full quote? Might it have been that he said "no intention whatsoever at this moment" of attacking Syria.

You mean Khalifa Hifter. Oh, he's still there:
"Among the key commanders are the controversial Islamist Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of the Tripoli military council. Mr. Belhaj's deputy resigned two weeks ago, a potential signal of internal strife. Also important are Khalifa Hifter and Omar al-Hariri, the other main NTC commanders, who are based in Benghazi and are both vying for the job of top military chief. Other figures may yet emerge from the woodwork."

It wouldn't surprise me if it later came out that the CIA whacked the rebel military commander Abdel Fattah Younes back in July rather than the Islamists to give their man a head start in the race. But then again the CIA has a long history of using Islamists to fight the CIA's wars and kiss the Saudis' arses!

"regular medical check" - is that Orwellian for forced reeducation!

Just when you thought the Obama regime could get no worse, they do!

Just how much did Qatar pay for the victory?