Major escalation
By Creature
I've been trying to figure how to tackle the escalation of violence in the Middle East when suddenly it hit me -- let CNN do it.
Has Israel overreacted? [perhaps] Has the Bush administration been slow in responding? [yes] Has the war in Iraq only served to weaken the United States in dealing with all this? [yes] Is the Middle East on the verge of all out war? [perhaps] Have the Israelis thumbed their nose at Bush's call for moderation? [yes, but what's the back-room deal?] Will anger toward Israel put our troops at further risk? [I'll put money on it] Is the whole damn thing one big cluster fuck? [ __ ]
(Cross-posted at State of the Day.)
I've been trying to figure how to tackle the escalation of violence in the Middle East when suddenly it hit me -- let CNN do it.
Has Israel overreacted? [perhaps] Has the Bush administration been slow in responding? [yes] Has the war in Iraq only served to weaken the United States in dealing with all this? [yes] Is the Middle East on the verge of all out war? [perhaps] Have the Israelis thumbed their nose at Bush's call for moderation? [yes, but what's the back-room deal?] Will anger toward Israel put our troops at further risk? [I'll put money on it] Is the whole damn thing one big cluster fuck? [ __ ]
(Cross-posted at State of the Day.)
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9:40 PM
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Anonymous, at 10:50 PM
creature, I buy into the concept of 'the ME as a clusterfuck', no doubt about it. It's a region gone wild. I'm confident that on the Arab Street, there's a healthy 'live and let live' sentiment. But it's not reflected in many ME governments- certainly not in Iran, Syria or Palestine. I don't see much that the US can do about this. You can bet that chaos will reign in the foreseeable future- and that's not good for anyone. There's a temptation to blame the US for the chaos (Iraq hasn't helped). Realistically, however, a strong US diplomatic presence would be used to inflame and undermine. It's a no win situation for everyone.
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cakreiz, at 10:24 AM
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