Monday roundabout

Michael Totten: "Lebanon will not become the next Gaza".

Snarksmith's Michael Weiss wonders about Barack Obama's plans for Iraq.

Oliver Kamm has some thoughts on Hiroshima and Le Monde.

Harry's Place highlight's Nick Cohen's views on the British government's engagement with Islamist groups.

They're messing about with Google translations at Language Log.

And finally,

"Hippo swallows dwarf" at Fate of the Artist.