| Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is in real trouble in Israel. Should he come clean and admit that it was Bush that pushed him into started the war with Hezbollah.
What is it with Bush and attacking countries? Can he not finish one war, before he starts another?! And with a genius military strategists like Bush calling the shots, should we feel safe that the guy's got another two years left in office?
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How Washington Goaded Israel
Stephen Zunes | August 21, 2006
Editor: John Feffer, IRC
There is increasing evidence that Israel instigated a disastrous war on Lebanon largely at the behest of the United States. The Bush administration was set on crippling Hezbollah, the radical Shiite political movement that maintains a sizable block of seats in the Lebanese parliament. Taking advantage of the country's democratic opening after the forced departure of Syrian troops last year, Hezbollah defied U.S. efforts to democratize the region on American terms. The populist party's unwillingness to disarm its militia as required by UN resolution—and the inability of the pro-Western Lebanese government to force them to do so—led the Bush administration to push Israel to take military action.
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