Egypt intercepts US missiles bound for Gaza

It's long been obvious to all who have eyes to see that if those enterprising folks who run the Gaza tunnels can squeeze a full size Mercedes sedan through there, they can certainly accommodate much else besides.

Agence France-Presse is reporting the seizure of a cache of US made surface-to-air and anti-tank missiles in the Sinai just on the Egyptian side of the Gaza border. The weapons are most likely residual fall-out from the the collapse of the security infrastructure in Libya over a year ago.

This story raises a number of questions. According to AFP the discovery was the result of a "tip," which would immediately raise the question of who provided the tip and why.

It should also raise the question of how much US and NATO ordinance has already found its way into Gaza. It was evident during the recent Operation Pillar of Cloud  that IAF helicopters were being held back from the skies over Gaza. Was this a silent acknowledgement that the IAF Apaches are sitting ducks for the Stinger missiles that have found their way into the territory?

The presence of significant stock-piles of advanced weaponry in the coastal territory would also explain Netanyahu's haste to wind down hostilities, and the cockiness of the Hamas administration afterwards.

Could it be that the presence or presumed presence of those American missiles allowed Hamas to bluff the IDF into a stand-down?

If I were still President Syria would be at peace by now - Sarkozy

Indeed. "les petite twatte" (i.e. the little twat) Sarko is in the news these days, slamming current French President Francois Hollande for his lack of vision in solving the Syria crisis.

We all recall how Sarkozy led the charge against the Monster of the Maghreb last year. That courageous single-mindedness of leading airstrikes against a country with no air defense infrastructure. That's a leader with balls, and according to leading cheerleaders in the interventionist camp, balls are what's lacking under Hollande.

Well, not just balls. Bombs too.

According to none other than the Oaf of Tobruk, Hollande's wariness and cowardice are inviting an impending massacre.

Oh goodness! Does that not sound like deja vu all over again?

This time it's not quite clear sailing for the imperial saviours like it was in Libya a year ago.  You've got your vocal party-poopers like Samir Aita, an anti-Assad Syrian activist of long standing who doesn't appreciate the "help" that the Nations of Virtue and their proxies in the Gulf are giving the rebels.

Aside from being an anti-Assad activist Aita  has a day job - Arab news editor of Le Monde. You'd almost think he may know a thing or two. He thinks Sarko would do for Syria what W did for Iraq. I think he's right.

Unfortunately, even without Sarko, there are plenty of pretenders to W's throne.  Obama has given the CIA the green light to assist the rebels in any way possible.There are reports that they've already  handed at least 300 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to the Rebels. I'm guessing it'll take about two weeks for those missiles to show up in South Lebanon.

Gaza will take a little longer.  But they're coming soon.