re: Bush has turned his back on a pro American gov't??? What in God's name does he think he is doing. His behavior is unconscionable.
I could understand going after the bad guys; certainly the Israelis have the military technology to discriminate. But, with our support, they are intentionally, systematically destroying the infrastructure of a pro-American ME Democracy.
Somebody explain to me how this is a 'good thing'???
Now Israel's rampage against a defenseless Lebanon -- smashing airport runways, fuel tanks, power plants, gas stations, lighthouses, bridges, roads and the occasional refugee convoy -- has exposed Bush's folly in subcontracting U.S. policy out to Tel Aviv, thus making Israel the custodian of our reputation and interests in the Middle East.
The Lebanon that Israel, with Bush's blessing, is smashing up has a pro-American government, heretofore considered a shining example of his democracy crusade. Yet, asked in St. Petersburg if he would urge Israel to use restraint in its air strikes, Bush sounded less like the leader of the Free World than some bellicose city councilman from Brooklyn Heights.
What Israel is up to was described by its Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz when he threatened to "turn back the clock in Lebanon 20 years." |
