Dictators in Cyberspace
August 13th, 2006Israel says it’s fine with the cease-fire proposed and passed by the UN yesterday, but in the last hours before it comes into effect, the fighting has escalated dramatically. Tomorrow, we’ll see what happens, but with Lebanon playing it coy and keeping their cards to themselves, and Israel continuing to provoke and be provoked by Hezbollah, there’s no reason to jump and celebrate before the fact.
I’d like to take this entry as an opportunity to welcome Mahmoud Ahmaniac to the blogosphere, as Israel’s President has taken to blogging. On it, Ahmaniac is running a poll asking if Israel and America are intent on starting a third World War. I am told from secret sources that his next survey will ask, Do You Think I’m Sexy and the final one will be, Am I Sexier than the Infidels?
Seriously, is there a bigger egomaniac than Ahmaniac? Hell, another thing: what’s with these Dictators in Cyberspace? Kim Jung Il spends his time downloading Hollywood movies and porn, and Ahmaniac is asking people a question that will receive obvious answers from his fanatics in Tehran. I’m assuming that there aren’t a ton of people in Iran with Internet access, which makes this that much more of a stupid stunt. An attention whore with bipolar disorder runs Iran; a pervert with a butch hairstyle runs North Korea.
I’ve always maintained that Iran is a dangerous dog down the block, but that, as of now, we’re best suited through diplomacy, because when the day comes that Ahmaniac begins biting, we’re going to need the credibility that talks give us. Until that day comes, the correct course is diplomacy and containment, but, I say, it gets harder and harder to advocate that when he does such obnoxious things as to make a restrained fellow like me want to punch his dishonest face.