The end has come
The sky has lost its sun
The harm is done
He was the only one

There goes my babe
There goes what might have been
There goes my babe
In the cool morning rain
And now my heart
Lies empty and still again

If she were here
I’d long to hold her near
But now it’s clear
The price of love is dear

There goes my babe
There goes what might have been
There goes my babe
In the cool morning rain
And now my heart
Lies empty and still again

Another shrewd guy is General David Petraeus.  Whether or not you like the guy, ya gotta give him props.

Leaks from a recent top level briefing by General David Petraeus are causing quite a controversy. The general pointed out that, “Israeli intransigence on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was jeopardizing U.S. standing in the region.” Mark Perry reported this on March 13 in Foreign Policy.

At Petraeus’s pay grade, you have to be politically savvy as well as diplomatically aware.  But it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to conclude one of the biggest obstacles accomplishing anything, anywhere in the middle east is our cozy relationship with Israel.  The real question is whether the Arab world will buy the kabuki theater where Israel makes such an obvious diplomatic blunder it would leave the US with no choice but to rebuke it’s greatest ally in the region.

And it plays.  It works here at home to allow our administration to show it’s backbone to Arab allies with the support of all but the most die-hard AIPAC and NeoCon malcontents at the Weekly Standard and the assorted Town Hall blogger.  The Village is eating this up.

Nicely done.  The only question left is what will the Obama administration do with its new found (Arab) street cred.  One also wonders how far the Israelis will play this.  The other shoe is due to drop in a couple of weeks at the AIPAC conference when Netahyahu pays a visit.

I am a child, I’ll last a while.
You can’t conceive
of the pleasure in my smile.
You hold my hand,
rough up my hair,
It’s lots of fun
to have you there.

God gave to you,
now, you give to me,
I’d like to know
what you learned.
The sky is blue
and so is the sea.
What is the color,
when black is burned?
What is the color?

You are a man, you understand.
You pick me up
and you lay me down again.
You make the rules,
you say what’s fair,
It’s lots of fun
to have you there.

God gave to you,
now, you give to me,
I’d like to know
what you learned.
The sky is blue
and so is the sea.
What is the color,
when black is burned?
What is the color?

I am a child, I’ll last a while.
You can’t conceive
of the pleasure in my smile

I walk the line for you
Each and everyday
And there’s a bullet with my name on it
Or at least that’s what they say

You take me for granted
And it’s such a cryin’ shame
Because I would gladly give my life for you
Each and everyday

It’s been a long time coming
It took a long time to get to me

It doesn’t matter which side I’m on
I always feel like I’m in the wrong
It doesn’t matter which side I’m on
It just keeps losing

I walk the line for you
Each and everyday

It doesn’t matter which side I’m on
I always feel like I’m in the wrong
It doesn’t matter which side I’m on
It just keeps losing

It’s been a long time coming
It took a long time to get to me
It’s been a long time coming

It took a long time to get to me
It’s been a long time coming
Long time, long time coming
Long time, long time coming