Anti-U.S. Feeling Leaves Arab Reformers Isolated Before the war, half the Lebanese supported Hizbullah. Now more than 85 percent do. Arab World Finds Icon in Leader of Hezbollah Arab governments struggle in crisis response "America, we hate you more than ever!" War in...
Sore Loserman Rides Again
As of 11:30 p.m. CT, the only statement on Joe Lieberman's campaign Web site is the following: UPDATE ON THE ATTACK ON THE LIEBERMAN CAMPAIGN WEBSITE STATEMENT FROM SEAN SMITH: "For the past 24 hours the Friends for Joe Lieberman's website and email has been totally...
Israel to Lebanese: Flee, but Stay Off Roads
Defenders of Israeli actions in Lebanon have made a point of the fact Israel has warned residents of South Lebanon to flee, as if this makes it okay. But today Israel is dropping new leaflets on South Lebanon, telling residents south of the Litani River to stay out of...
Economist: Why US gives Israel unconditional support
The Economist reports that the American public is usually on Israel's side: Americans are far more likely than Europeans to side with Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A Pew Global Attitudes survey taken between March and May found that 48% of Americans said...
Israel Lets Some Hezbollah Rockets in for PR?
On CNN's "Reliable Sources" news show on Sunday, Washington Post Pentagon correspondent Thomas Ricks stated One of the things that is going on, according to some U.S. military analysts, is that Israel purposely has left pockets of Hezbollah rockets in Lebanon, because...
The Establishment vs. the Neocons
I have often found Sidney Blumenthal useful in informing my understanding of the relationship between the neocons and the establishment, such as, for example, his article in which it is revealed that Bush's temper tantrum when he declared himself "the decider" was...
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Frankly, I am tired of Israel accusing Hezbollah of "using human shields." Even if Hezbollah truly are hiding behind children, the Israelis act as if they believe this excuses their military killing well over 600 (possibly closer to 900) people in Lebanon. At best,...
More on Qana
Ira Glunts sends the following: Israeli Newspaper Reports That The Army Lied About Qana In its lead story August 1, the Hebrew edition of Ha'aretz online reported that the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) claim that Hezbollah missile launchers and Hezbollah fighters were...
No Temais Una Muerte Gloriosa…And Hurry Up Already
Here in Miami, it’s the third night of the Raúl Castro Ruz era. Although I wouldn’t say the euphoria (or the schadenfreude) has entirely evaporated, calm has returned just in time for everyone to rush to the supermarket to stock up on water and batteries should...
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