THE TRAGEDY OF KING GEORGE (LAT Editorial) "You Thought Play Was Over-But Act V Has Only Just Begun"

...Act V has only just begun. With war looming between Iran and Israel, and Pakistan on the brink of an upheaval that could well end with Islamists in power, the worst bloodshed has yet to come.

Niall Ferguson:
The world as Shakespearean tragedy
Judging by the body count, modern global politics look headed for the bloody final act of a Bard tragedy.
May 21, 2007

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There is, in short, a twist in this tale. Before the curtain can fall on "The Tragedy of King George," we need at least three more scenes to decide the fates of three crucial characters: the only principals left standing aside from King George himself.

First, we need a scene in Israel. Since the failure of the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's popularity has been in free fall. His current approval rating is about 2%, by comparison with which King George is a pop idol. Somehow, Olmert is clinging to political life. But he surely cannot last much longer. What happens next will be crucial; if Benjamin Netanyahu returns to power, the probability of a military confrontation with Iran goes above 50%. Remember, Netanyahu compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Hitler. "It is the year 1938", he recently declared, "and Iran is Germany."

Then we need a scene in Saudi Arabia. Here the key figure is Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who, as Saudi ambassador to the United States, was one of the leading advocates of the invasion of Iraq. Since October 2005 he has been in Riyadh as secretary-general of the National Security Council, where he is said to be lobbying hard for another attack: This time — you guessed it — on Iran.

Finally, the action needs to shift eastward to Pakistan, where it is the future of President Pervez Musharraf that hangs in the balance. After eight years of military dictatorship, Pakistan's democratic forces are stirring. But watch out — these include the Islamist coalition known as the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal.


more at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ferguson21may21,0,802681.column?coll=la-opinion-center

"That's the only question I trouble my beautiful mind with.
It's true that I hold the Guiness World Record for Most Excessively Vacationed pResident on the planet, but I want more, more more...oh yeah, today's Republicon Talking Point: Too bad about all the dead people and stuff, but on the bright side oil profits are way up. I think I am going to DECIDE for
more vacation. Smirk, smirk, smirk.""

- Commander AWOL

The chimp is playing with the match from Hell...

as an apologist for Shrub and Blair's excellent imperialist adventures up until right about now...