The Louder they talk ...

Three major things happened in the last few days. I want to comment on each of them directly and all together as well. First the President of Iran claims that what Iran has done, cannot be undone, but he forgets, to paraphrase, "The atom giveth and the Atom taketh away." Second, Osama Bin Laden has issued another tape, somehow relating the genocide between Muslims as an attempt of the west to impose western values on Sudan, and calling for support in that cause. Maybe this well help some to see that he is just a fascist in a dishdasha and no holy man after all.

Finally, on the good side, Iraq finally has a new prime Minister. But during the debates I noticed that the people who represented the smallest parties were the ones who shouted the most. In contrast Jaafari, Talabani, and now al Maliki were almost never seen or heard from. Then I remembered the counsel of a wise politician who once told me this. "Those who have power simply do what they intend. Press conferences are a tool for the weak." It seems that especially in the Middle East, the more they talk the weaker they are.