There is, in the Tanach (Old Testament) in Yehezkel (Ezekiel) a reference to a great army that comes down and tries to destroy Israel. And, Yehezkel makes a list of everyone in that army: Gog, Persia, Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer, and Togarmah.
(Don’t worry, I’m not going to get all religious on you, or at least not more than [...]
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A friend of a friend is a military police investigator (MPI) in Iraq. He helps run one of the military prisons in southern Iraq – supposedly one of the ‘nicer’ areas.
Let’s call him Bill. It’s a nice name, and he’s a nice guy.
He says something interesting. He says that the nicest prisons in Iraq are [...]
I sometimes wonder if I shouldn’t change the name of this blog from ‘Israel Outlook’ to ‘Iran Outlook’. However, I did say that it was the view FROM Israel. (Including ABOUT Israel)
Anyway, I’ve been thinking about Iran and the Mahdi. It strikes me that the Iranian government is REALLY religious.
I know. I just heard that ‘no [...]
Not Until YOU Are Out of the Way
Posted in Democracy, Iran, Islam, Media, Russia, Shiite on Mar 16th, 2007
Raise your hand if you’ve ever wanted to strangle a journalist.
Now, put it down. I can’t type this thing one handed.
The ones that I can’t stand are the sanctimonious journalists who know NOTHING about Israel and yet seem to think that they can shake their finger and tell us how bad we are.
However, living in Israel [...]
Just Don’t Step in Any
Posted in America, Humor, Saudi Arabia, Shiite, Sunni on Mar 8th, 2007
I have a problem.
I get annoyed. About Little things.
Well, not EVERY Little thing, but a lot of Little things – like, for instance, the proper pronunciation of words.
I was driving home today after dropping my aunt off at the airport and was listening to my second favorite radio station, when the announcer said the word calzone. [...]