WPRO TOMORROW MORNING

I will be filling-in for Ron St. Pierre tomorrow morning from 5A-9A on WPRO-AM in Providence, RI. If you live in RI or Southeastern MA please tune in. Among other things, we will talk about the EEE virus, stem cell research, Tom Cruise being dumped by Paramount, and the latest news in RI and the nation.

The Lebanese Army, which is slowly deploying into southern Lebanon, is apparently not very enthusiastic about its mission, according to this account. Meanwhile, the Syrians are objecting to any U.N deployment along their border with Lebanon.

This article from the Washington Post is very sobering, as it describes the growing power and influence of Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army. It appears as if they are simply waiting us out, having logically concluded that fighting the U.S. military straight up is unwise, especially since it appears more and more likely that those American troops are eventually going to go away.

Ralph Peters is losing faith that there is an American military solution in Iraq, indicating that it is the fault of the Arabs themselves that they cannot build peaceful, democratic societies. He thinks Iraq is the Arabs' last chance.

Israel may go it alone on Iran if the West fails to stop the Iranian nuclear program.

Arnaud de Borchgrave thinks the Iranians have won a round in the world war. Perhaps we should just concede defeat.

As I wrote in my last post, due to domestic political considerations, both here and in Europe, we have no option other than to wait them out. Of course, the Israelis think otherwise.