Microsoft bails on Lebanon

The Israeli/Lebanon conflict is entering its seventh day today, with multiple bombings and air strike commemorating the occassion.

For those that don't know (see: have been living under a rock), Israel has been fighting with Hezbollah guerrillas over two missing soldiers who are believed to have been taken by the Shiite Muslim Militia. Since then Israel has been unleashing the proverbial "dogs of war" with a rain of fire upon Lebanon despite their pleas for a cease fire. Just picture this, you're sitting at the breakfast table and a rocket goes zinging by your window and blows up your neighbors house. Sweet deal right?

Well, everyone can sleep easy now because Microsoft is pulling out. Yes, that's right, Microsoft is picking up its bags and leaving Lebanon. Geeze, thank God, I was really worred about those cooky bastards. Thanks for letting me know Microsoft, you're swell.

I'm now going to take this moment to say who cares? Why is this present in news coverage anywhere? People are currently dying, roughly 70 of the 25,000 American in Lebanon have been evacuated (see: US failing to save people *cough* Katrina *cough*), 300 people are dead in the world's most recent tsunami, and the Taliban are recapping bases we took in southern Afganistan. Damn, they must have had infiltrators in the CC (see: Planetside)

All jokes and video game references aside, come now news.com, maybe this Microsoft story wasn't that important? Maybe we don't need a blurb to let us know? Just maybe.

\\drew