I’d started a post criticizing the Israelis for building 600 new homes in the West Bank (Can someone give me some rational justification for the civilian – as opposed to the entirely justified military – occupation? Some basis on which the fiscal, human, and moral cost can be justified?). Instead, I tripped over this.<\/p>\n
Go click over to the official U.S. State Department map of Saudi Arabia<\/a>. Go ahead, I’ll wait, it’ll open in a new window.<\/p>\n Look at all the countries around Saudi Arabia. Look at their names. See anything missing?<\/p>\n Folks, this isn’t fricking Mercedes Benz or BMW<\/a>, as Charles says over at LGF<\/a> (his tip on this, by the way… and see how easy it is to fix<\/a>). This is the United-Goddamn-States State Department, and I think we all ought to click over to this page<\/a> and ask them exactly who they think they work for. Be polite.<\/p>\n