lebanon and syria as seen from the middle east

i've used a couple of posts from a blogger in egypt before by the name of sandmonkey. i found him during the whole Hey Moe cartoon debacle. i've not been back since, and it's a my bad situation, because the blogger has some interesting things to say.
anyway, Mike at out on a limb, the newest bubbleblogger on my links list (even if he doesn't talk much about submarines hint hint) has an excellent post regarding the latest round of weapons exchanges in the israel - everyone else conflict. he quotes the hell out of sandmonkey. read Mike's post, you'll understand the cartoon.