Stop Me Before I Vote Again

Is it just me, or is the Democratic primary campaign characterized by an even higher than usual level of stultifying, drivelling imbecility? It's delightful that the only interesting moments in it have been provided by a man of God from Chicago.

God and His fans have now been firmly escorted off the stage, so that people like ABC's Jake Tapper can turn their brilliant, secular, merit-class minds to the issues that really matter.

The Party of God has been busy elsewhere, however, providing news that I for one find pretty encouraging:

Lebanon reverses decisions that angered Hezbollah

BEIRUT — The Lebanese government late Wednesday formally rescinded decisions that sparked days of violence in the country, a move aimed at easing tensions between American- and Iranian-backed political camps vying for power in the country.

... Lebanon's information minister said the government would back off on decisions announced last week to declare illegal the Shiite Muslim militia Hezbollah's private fiber-optic telecommunications network and to fire the pro-Hezbollah head of security at Beirut's international airport.

"Since the government is greatly concerned with the higher interest, the government decided to approve the rescinding of the two decisions," Ghazi Aridi, the minister, said in a televised appearance.....

"There is no winner as a result of what happened, but there is a loser," he said, "and that is Lebanon."

Well, no, Ghazi, the loser is Israel. While Bush blusters about "appeasement" in Jerusalem, and Hillary assures the Israel lobby that she's not just ready, but downright eager to commit nuclear genocide on Mini-Me's behalf, Israel's actual position steadily worsens in the Northern theater, and doesn't really look all that good anywhere else, either. Presumably the hysteria of the Lobby's rhetoric -- and that of its gofers in both parties -- is in inverse proportion to the rosiness of the outlook.

Hezbollah appears to be well on the way to picking up all the marbles in Lebanon, and if some kind of deal with Syria about the Golan is really in the works -- as many Middle East entrail-readers seem to believe -- then we can confidently attribute any interest Israel may at last be showing in serious negotiation to its worries about the God boosters in Lebanon (and, of course, Iran).

It's hard to believe that the Israelis really think Syria could provide any significant help against Hezbollah. But they're operating these days like a riverboat gambler on the brink of going bust. Maybe they think that if they can embroil Syria in some kind of conflict with Hezbollah, it'll at least relieve some of the immediate pressure.

Score one for the King of the Universe. You go, God!