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| Iran is the cause of chaos in Lebanon and Iraq. |
| 2006-07-18 |
| by Mohammed Fadil, "Iraq the Model" Reprinted in the Wall Street Journal In spite of what we are facing here every day I find myself, just like many others, so attached to following what's going on between Israel and Lebanon and that's mostly because of the close resemblance between the two cases. In both cases we see a weak government suffering to control a powerful militia that is challenging the will of the rest of the country and engaging in a proxy war making the people suffer the results of regional conflicts that in no way can benefit their country. The other reason why I'm closely following this ongoing crisis is that the powers involved in this conflict between Lebanon and Israel are closely connected to the powers fighting in Iraq and we here believe that the battle over there will have an impact on the situation here in one way or another. It's still very difficult for people here to predict how this crisis is going to end especially that politics mix with ideology in a complex way in this region, however there's a general sense that the fires of war are going to spread to the rest of the region but still no one here can see the way this bigger war is going to end. . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #3 "Iran is the cause of chaos in Lebanon and Iraq I think we need the "Master of the Obvious" graphic here. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-07-18 15:29 |
| #2 There will never be peace in the Middle East until Iran and Syraia are sorted end off! |
| Posted by: Cheregum Crelet7867 2006-07-18 12:53 |
| #1 Hezbollah has 1/6 of the parliment. That would indiacate a public mandate to me. 1 MP would be enough to set the precedent. They elected Hezbollah to their government, same as the paleos elected Hamas. Now enjoy the blessings of liberty! |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-07-18 09:32 |