Coffee falls into the stomach … ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop … the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink… ~ Honore de Balzac

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Banished Islamofascist Begs For Britain’s Protection — “O, the irony! Omar Bakri fled the UK after spending years preaching hate from his London mosque, and got out just ahead of a British deportation order. The Home Secretary banned him from ever returning to Britain after Bakri left — for Lebanon. Now that the Hezbollah lunatics he supports started a war they cannot handle, Bakri now demands that Britain allow him to return — on humanitarian grounds!”

Blue Crab Boulevard Changing The Model — “One could ask what was gained by following the old model? A few years of lower level violence at best? Was peace ever achieved? No, not really. The closest thing to any success has been the uneasy relations between Israel and Egypt. But that peace has not stopped the ability of Hamas to get arms and ammunition into Gaza, has it? The old model just does not work when one side is not serious about it.”

Ankle Biting Pundits (Bull Dog Pundit) Katie Couric: “I Won’t Go To Mideast” – Good For Her (Seriously) — “However, I come not to bury the Perky One, but to praise her. Yes, she’s got a $15 million a year contract, but her job is just that – a job. Nothing is worth taking the chance of orphaning your two children. And yes, while I know the chances of anything happening to her in Lebanon are very slim, or that she’s more likely to die in a car crash on her way to her office, why take the chance?”

Michelle Malkin MESSAGE TO OUR TROOPS — “Dear American Marines, sailors, soldiers, and airmen:

The complainers and critics may have neglected to show proper gratitude to you for helping to evacuate them from Lebanon. But there are many of us here at home who appreciate all you do.

THANK YOU.” [Be sure and take a look at the photos Michelle has at this post. Jim]