If it wasn’t for coffee, I’d have no discernible personality at all. ~ David Letterman

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) They Won’t Just Go Away If Israel Capitulates — “Hezbollah attacked Israel and kidnapped two of its soldiers for those very purposes. Saniora proposes that Israel essentially capitulate on all of the pretexts for Hezbollah’s action, and that this capitulation will somehow “delegitimize” the terrorists. Unfortunately for Saniora, that won’t work, and I suspect he knows that. Hezbollah wants much more than Shebaa Farms, which the UN recognizes as part of Israel in any case; they want the destruction of Israel.”

WILLisms (Jay Tea) Defeating The Modern-Day Hydra — “The metaphor of the Lernaean Hydra is an apt metaphor for Islamic terrorism. The terrorists all have different names, different tactics, and different priorities, but their core beliefs are pretty much the same:”

Mein BlogoVault (Good Lieutenant) Those Who Forget The Past… — “Signaleer reminds us of Hezbollah’s (and assorted Islamic terrorists’) violent and deadly past regarding the US in Lebanon. Since these atrocities occured two decades before the Bush Administration took office, I’m not sure if liberals will include them in their revised histories of the United States:”

Flopping Aces (Wordsmith) “Moral Equivalence”…”Moral Relativity”…”Disproportionate Force”…”Proportionate Response”…”Cycle of Violence”…?!? — “This isn’t a game, where you fight with “fair play” in mind. In warfare, your objective is to overwhelm the enemy with superior and sustained firepower, in the hopes of bringing the conflict to a quick and decisive resolution, with minimal casualties to your side.”

GOP Bloggers GOP Bloggers 2008 GOP Primary Straw Poll – July 2006 — “This is a unique 2008 primary straw poll, you get to pick which candidates you find acceptable and which ones you don’t (similar to the recent Gallup Poll), and it will tally who has the largest net positive or net negative support.” [Poll added to bRight & Early. See Top Right Sidebar or here. Jim]