Rice heads for Middle East as anger boils over U.S. stand on war...

[ProSense]

Posted on Sun, Jul. 23, 2006

Rice heads for Middle East as anger boils over U.S. stand on war in Lebanon

By Shashank Bengali
McClatchy Newspapers

DAMASCUS, Syria - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in the Middle East on Monday with the Arab world seething with anger at U.S. policy on the war in Lebanon.

Across the region, from the tortuous streets of Damascus' historic district to the deserted cafes of bombed-out Beirut and the crowded marketplaces of Cairo, the Bush administration's unconditional support for Israel's bombardment of Hezbollah militants is hardening anti-American sentiment among moderates and hard-liners alike.

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"If they keep targeting civilians like this, they're only hurting themselves," said Riad Khattar, the Christian owner of an Internet cafe in Beirut.

"Even the Christians are now starting to support Hezbollah. This was not the fact before the war. By killing civilians, they are making Hezbollah stronger and stronger."

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http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/world/15106560.htm

[malaise]

1. BBC International is now

showing seriously injured children in hospitals. Even journalists are getting angry.

[Pale Blue Dot]

2. "Even the Christians are now starting to support Hezbollah"

My point exactly. Forget moral arguments. Strategically, what Israel is doing does not work. It hasn't worked for the past fifteen years.

It ain't working for us, either.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1706632&mesg_id=1706632

[Monkeyman]

3. Sad but very true

[CuteNFuzzy]

4. What's Rice going to do?

Offer more missiles to murder kids with?

[AusGail]

5. With cost of petrol rising by the minute

Maybe she could travel on the same plane that is being used to fast-track more weapons to Israel. That would be a good cost saving exercise.

[bluestateguy]

6. Team Bush fucks up everything they touch. I favor neutrality.

Anything they do, say or propose will be wrong, incompetent or bungled. So the least bad option is a policy of neutrality. The US does not have to take sides in every dispute that happens in the world.

[A Simple Game]

8. Yup, I agree.

If, make that a BIG IF, anyone over there still doesn't hate us, I'm sure Condi will change that!

[jean]

7. Do you think she'll use "We are seeing birth pangs of new Middle East" in

her talking points? That phrase is so offensive and vulgar played in tandem with the carnage on the ground.

[Control-Z]

9. Pretty much anything

that comes out of her mouth is offensive and vulgar.