I lived in Lebanon for eleven years. To some extent, it’s where I’m
from. I find that I cannot express my feelings at any length in a tone I care to share
with the world. But I can relay things. Item: An Israeli analyst
gives
the party line (I assume) as to what they’re trying to accomplish. Are
you convinced?
Item: The facts of the matter, via the BBC,
yesterday and
today.
Item: Beautifully-written erudite pessimism;
Failed States,
The Guns of July,
Punching Above Its
Weight, and
Military Hubris.
Item:
Letter From Beirut. Item: A definition of insanity:
performing the same action repeatedly in the expectation that it will start
producing a different result.
Item:
On Terror.
Item: Michael J. Totten’s
Friend is a
Refugee and on
comments.
That last one struck home; one of the reasons I haven’t been writing is
because of what shows up in other people’s comments. Doubtless the same kind
of email I will get now. To those people, and to anyone who wants to write me to
defend, at any level or for any reason, the actions of an aggressor,
here’s my answer: Want to know the reason children are dying in
the Middle East? Look in the mirror.
