Israel's Attack on Hezbollah is Phase One of US-Iran War!

Last updated on: August 9, 2006 at 2:49 am By Desh Kapoor

US wanted to attack Iran - specially its Nuclear Arsenal. But they could not because that would unleash Iran's and Hezbollah's fury on Israel. So, that wasnt't a good option. Instead Israel preemptively attacked Lebanon and tried to deplete the rockets and missiles that Hezbollah and their sponsors Iran have! Thus paving the way for US to attack Iran's nukes. So, according to Gareth Porter, basically, the attack on Hezbollah is phase ONE of the US War on Iran! In planning for the destruction of most of Hezbollah's arsenal and prevention of any resupply from Iran, Israel appears to have hoped to eliminate a major reason the George W. Bush administration had shelved the military option for dealing with Iran's nuclear programme -- the fear that Israel would suffer massive casualties from Hezbollah's rockets in retaliation for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.One leading expert on Israeli national defence policy issues believes the aim of the Israeli campaign against Hezbollah was to change the Bush administration's mind about attacking Iran. Edward Luttwak, senior adviser to the Washington-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies, says Bush administration officials have privately dismissed the option of air strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities in the past, citing estimates that a Hezbollah rocket attack in retaliation would kill thousands of people in northern Israel.But Israeli officials saw a war in Lebanon to destroy Hezbollah's arsenal and prevent further resupply in the future as a way to eliminate that objection to the military option, says Luttwak.The risk to Israel of launching such an offensive was that it would unleash the very rain of Hezbollah rockets on Israel that it sought to avert. But Luttwak believes the Israelis calculated that they could degrade Hezbollah's rocket forces without too many casualties by striking preemptively."They knew that a carefully prepared and coordinated rocket attack by Hezbollah would be much more catastrophic than one carried out under attack by Israel," he says. Read more

Drawing meets Photography

Last updated on: August 9, 2006 at 12:47 am By Desh Kapoor

A beautiful picture from Slate.com - by Miguel Rio Branco The work of Magnum photographer Miguel Rio Branco can be difficult to categorize, yet it is almost always colorful, moody, and artfully framed. "Since the beginning," he explains, "I have always relied on interbreeding. Painting meeting photography. Drawing meeting collage. Photography meeting cinema. Music meeting poetry. Poetry meeting montage. All these meetings are part of the many crossroads toward the search for a comprehension and expression of myself in relation to the world." Branco has been with Magnum since 1978. Read more

Iraq and Bush!

Last updated on: August 9, 2006 at 12:32 am By Desh Kapoor

Incredible cartoon! Courtesy: Slate.com Technorati : Bush, iraq Read more

Flickr Pic of the Day

Last updated on: August 9, 2006 at 12:06 am By Desh Kapoor

Cadaqués Originally uploaded by Mor (bcnbits). I have seen a lot of great pictures of the sky.. but heck this one beats ALL!! Its difficult to say whether this is a painting of a photograph! Simply Stunning!! Read more

Men and Women Brains are Different!

Last updated on: August 8, 2006 at 11:28 pm By Desh Kapoor

So Women and men are different after all! The basics of the brain structure is different! Male and female brains are different in architecture and chemical composition, asserts Brizendine. The sooner women -- and those who love them -- accept and appreciate how those neurological differences shape female behavior, the better we can all get along. There is a major difference in the brains when it comes to dealing with emotions and sex! Here is a comparison: Read more

Self Discipline is more Important than Academic Brilliance

Last updated on: August 8, 2006 at 10:52 pm By Desh Kapoor

I have always believed that three things are important in success: Focus Hard-work Academic brilliance and in that order! Focus is the most important. Here is a journalist who found her librarian predict the kids getting the first class degrees with remarkable consistency and accuracy! A DECADE ago when I was an undergraduate psychologist, a departmental librarian called Anne was doing something any psychologist would say was impossible. Every year, with near-perfect accuracy, she would predict which third-year undergraduates would be awarded first-class degrees. Anne didn't know how their essays were rated, what A-level grades they had under their belts, or how they scored on IQ tests. (All information many would say was essential to forecasting final results.) Read more

AOL searches published; Reveal a lot about some users!

Last updated on: August 8, 2006 at 9:49 pm By Desh Kapoor

AOL has published the search histories of more than 650,000 users in 21 million search queries! What it reveals is an amazing set of information about a person! The data does not include user name or any other identity but a Unique ID number to identify a user. Here is an example of one such person from Ohio... who looks fine.. but suddenly his searches suggest a certain incest abuse in his/her life! Based on the number of local searches, AOL user 1515830 appears to be a resident of Ohio's Mahoning County. On March 1, user 1515830 was trying to find the amount of calories in chai tea and bananas. But on March 9, the searches took a darker turn: chai tea caloriescalories in bananasaftermath of incesthow to tell your family you're a victim of incestpottery barncurtainssurgical help for depressionoakland raiders comforter setcan you adopt after a suicide attemptwho is not allowed to adopti hate menmedication to enhance female desirejobs in denver coloradoteaching positions in denver coloradohow long will the swelling last after my tummy tuckdivorce laws in ohiofree remote keyloggersbaked macaroni and cheese with sour creamhow to deal with angerteaching jobs with the denver school systemmarriage counseling tipsanti psychotic drugs Read more

Flickr Pic of the Day

Last updated on: August 8, 2006 at 6:04 am By Desh Kapoor

Commonplace Originally uploaded by Eliacin. The colors of this picture were so stunning and amazingly contrasting that I couldn't help posting it here on my blog! Read more

Prepay your kids way to College!

Last updated on: August 7, 2006 at 8:41 pm By Desh Kapoor

Paying for your kids education is a major source of tension for the parents all over the world - specially in the US. There is a plan called 529 Education Savings Plan. The normal savings plan was always there but not many people know about the "Prepaids". This seems like a good investment option. What are these plans? Here is a little explanation: These plans provide guarantees. You buy a certain number of credit hours or semesters at today's prices. They'll be honored in the future, when your child goes to school, no matter how much college costs at the time. Most prepaids cover tuition and fees but not room and board (only Florida has a dormitory plan). The guarantees apply only to in-state public colleges and universities. But you can transfer the dollar value of your savings to a private college or an out-of-state school. You or the beneficiary usually has to live in the state to join the plan. Read more

Why Future of Beautiful Women is So Bleak!!

Last updated on: August 5, 2006 at 10:43 am By Desh Kapoor

Is it good to be a beautiful lady? If this research study is to be believed then apparently not! Simply because there are more beautiful girls than handsome men! And the gap will grow. So more beautiful women will marry uglier men!! The future for beautiful women.. is well.. not so bright! Researchers demonstrated that beautiful people are 36 per cent more likely to have a daughter than a son as their first-born child. The discovery supports the evolutionary theory that parents tend to produce children who benefit from their own attributes. Read more

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