Akbar Zeb? "I Cannot Tell What The Dickens His Name Is . . . "

Akbar Zeb wants to be an ambassador but he has a big problem, one that is so funny you just can't make it up. Power Line's Scott Johnson has the story here, along with a hilarious illustration of the predicament taken from Monty Python's The Life of Brian. Guaranteed to make your day. My thanks to Shakespeare for the quote.

All Talk And Pending Action On Iran?

There's been plenty of speculation this weekend on a pending air strike against nuclear facilities in Iran. Some reports say that Saudi Arabia would not protest the attack as they have reason to fear Iran's nuclear weapons as much as other nearby nations. Vice President Joe Biden made similar "suggestions" that the U.S. could not prevent another nation from taking unilateral action against Iran. All of this was a backdrop to President Obama's statement in today's papers that there was no "approval" of such an attack by Israel. Actually, the statement, as reported in the Jerusalem Post, is a nice blend of interests. For now, the middlegame continues.