The last turning point was our fourth...fifth? Fifth turning point. Yeah, so that means we're now going right? Or left? I'm confused.

Either way, it's clear, we're ready for another turning point, because the last one didn't take. Baghdad is yet again showing itself to be shockingly more dangerous than DC as 77 are killed at once by a suicide car bomber and the struggling legislature is flying apart as Sunnis have started a boycot.

Osama certainly isn't helping, as he's now telling Sunnis to fight Shiites. And here I was thinking that we were the great Satan. Assholes. We either need to get our shit together and put the kabosh on terrorists like Osama or do the Machiavelli thing and make sure the Iraqi Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds are united against us.

We could learn a lesson from the Israelis as they go totally batshit over their abducted soldier. I think it's just totally amazing how they've got their shit together. They are proving they can outcrazy the crazies and, you know, it just might work.

I lost all respect for the free Palestine movement and anti-Israeli business after Palestinians elected Hamas to lead their government. It was the biggest loss of moderation, intelligence, sensibility, and what-not since we re-elected Bush in 2004. However, the Israelis turned this to their advantage in a stunning way. Hamas gains power, fills up the government with high ranking members of their terrorist organization, (so now Israel knows where all their leaders are) then, Hamas does something stupid, like kidnap an Israeli soldier, and what does Israel do? Why kidnap a big chunk of their entire freaking government! Genius!

I am just in awe of their capacity to get shit done. And they're really flying their crazy flag high too with strikes on the Palestinian Premier's house and a fly-by of the Syrian president's home just to remind their neighbors they're badass. Man, I'm getting jealous. Imagine if our leaders after 9/11 hadn't waited two months to invade Tora Bora, capture Osama, and while they're at it, harvest all those Taliban leaders so they couldn't wage an endless war in the countryside of Afghanistan. This is how you fight these assholes, invade fast, take them all prisoner, then set the terms. This makes our Shock and Awe look like a clunky fireworks show. It's just stunning. Probably illegal, but unlike our illegal behavior, it's competently executed. Even if you don't agree with it, you can give them that.