I know I said before was my final word, but I think it's worth noting that about a year ago Iran and Syria signed a mutual-defense pact, so with the Bush Administration and the Israeli leadership doing their best to push this to the both of them, it theoretically doesn't matter who gets dragged in first.

Once this gets going, and I tend to think the odds are that it will, we're looking at an "all in" scenario. The IAF has started hitting Lebaneese Army targets (a distinct group from Hezbollah) after word came that they would resist (rather than assist) a ground invasion by the IDF. Ground invasion is probable.

Maybe I should accelerate that biodiesel plan.

Also, watched at bit of FoxNews w/the Girth this morning. I don't really do cable news, so maybe it's always this bad, but it was kind of shocking. 74% of people still get their news from TV. With this kind of coverage, sufficient support for a bombing campaign can't be too hard to work up.

...Which does without saying would be disasterous. More analysis on that point via billmon.