The failure of international talks to get a cease fire in the Middle east has been taken by the Israelis as tacit support for an expansion of their attacks on Lebanon. The New York Times has a report here: Israel Debates Strategy Shift After Truce Talks Fail The problem with this is that it does […]

Sidney Blumenthal has an excellent article in Salon about American Mid East policy [if there is any]. Here it is: Domino diplomacy | Salon Now this is scary. The problem I have with a “domiono” scenario such as this, is that it places the desired end result at such a distance from any immediate action. […]

The Israelis are finding harder than they expected to dislodge Hezbollah. The fighting remains heavy according to the New York Times: Israel Suffers Bloodiest Day of Fight With Hezbollah The Israelis will no doubt prevail in some sense. They will “sanitize” whatever area they want to and then will leave behind a scorched zone that […]