Sometimes, when Israel has ostensibly surrendered its strategic advantage and the US is ostensibly making feints toward a return to foreign policy “realism,” I like to go to the mall and buy myself something velour. So if anybody needs me, I’ll be shopping for 1982.  With any luck, maybe I’ll catch an Asia reunion concert, too.

From the Jerusalem Post: The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1701 Friday evening, calling for the cessation of hostilities between Hizbullah and Israel. The resolution authorizes the deployment of 15,000 UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon to support a Lebanese force as it takes control of the region and Israel withdraws. The UN force is to monitor the cease-fire and help Lebanese forces gain control over an area that