Ran across this over at Mambo's blog:

DemocracyNow and AFP [Should have stopped reading right there... -ed]
13th August 2006
AFP Story:

The US government was closely involved in planning Israel's military operations against Lebanon's Hezbollah militia even before the July 12 kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, a US magazine reported.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh writes in The New Yorker magazine that President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were convinced that a successful Israeli bombing campaign against Hezbollah could ease Israel's security concerns and also serve as a prototype for a potential US preemptive attack to destroy Iran's nuclear installations.

Citing an unnamed Middle East expert [Emphasis mine. Apparently, "journalists" don't need no steekin' credible sources... -ed.] with knowledge of the current thinking of the Israeli and US governments, Hersh said Israel had devised a plan for attacking Hezbollah -- and shared it with Bush administration officials -- well before the July 12 kidnappings.

"When they grabbed the soldiers in early July, that was then a pretext" for Israel's assault on Hezbollah, Hersh said Sunday on CNN television.

Generally, liberal rants posing as new stories don't raise my blood pressure all that much, however, the following comment on the "source" site left me speechless:

"I have typed and retyped my response to this article so many times now but I simply cannot get across my sheer anger, sadness, frustration, despair and disgust at what can only be described as the most appaling waste of human life in the history of our planet.

I am almost at a loss for words as to how repugnant this is all getting.

I have little to say other than read the following and get ready for yet another war in yet another Muslim nation with yet further huge human and financial cost.

And remember, all of these pre-planned and pre-scheduled wars are taking place IN YOUR NAME.

If you know a soldier in either the US, UK or Israel then ask them, no, BEG them to resign their position or, if necessary, go AWOL. If these bastards have no soldiers left to sacrifice with no thought for their families then there cannot be another war, can there?

To be honest, I am sick and tired of hearing about all of the soldiers who are dedicated family men and women.

Family men and women do not go to other countries to kill other family men and women, leaving their families behind to pick up the pieces once they are dead. [Emphasis mine. -ed.]

STOP FIGHTING FOR THEM AND THEY CANNOT START ANY MORE WARS."

Signs of the Times (Snicker)

Wow. The stupidity of this statement just astounds me.

I maintain, you spoiled little shit, that a *lot* of Family Men have put on a uniform, taken up arms, and faught and died to give you the right to make an absolute ass of yourself. Maybe you should move out of Mom's basement, and read a bit of history, needledick.

God I wish 14 year olds would stay the hell away from the Internet...