Lebanon: on fire

"It's our war" cries the neo-con rag The Weekly Standard.

Those fuckers want direct US involvement in Lebanon and engagement with Iran.
I guess they were so hyped on the US invasion of Iraq, they need some more.
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Apparently Bush has given Israel another week to cause as much damage and chaos as possible.
Then he may have to tell them to ease up.

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Although most other countries have been able to evacuate their civilians in Lebanon efficiently and free, the US military is charging to airlift civilians out.

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This attack on Lebanon is similar to the Israeli instigated civil war in 1982, but there are a few important differences:
1) Israel can't expel an indigenous organization
2) Israelis also don't have any clients hoping to be installed in power

THIS LINK is a bit dense but also goes into the history of the conflict and players involved.
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Both Hizbollah and Israel may have been planning and preparing for this fight for some time.
VERY interesting!

It is always nice to get the children involved.
Israeli little girls: