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| US, UK say Hezbollah weaker after Beirut fighting |
| 2008-05-23 |
| The United States and Britain said on Thursday they believed Hezbollah had been weakened by this month's fighting in Beirut despite the greater influence the militant group gained in Lebanon's Cabinet. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband rejected the view that the show of force by Hezbollah had increased its power. "Hezbollah lost something very important, which is any argument that it is somehow a resistance movement on behalf of the Lebanese people," Rice told reporters traveling with her and Miliband on a trip to her California hometown. "What it is, is a militia that, given an opportunity, decided to turn its guns on its own people. It is never going to live that down," she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 So how does it work that Hezbollah has gained greater influence in the cabinet and that has weakened them? Last week, Lebanon was about to break out in a civil war. So much manure for the MSM grist mill--there are deadlines to meet. Sometimes when I read MSM stories, I feel like I am in the supermarket checkout reading the National Enquirer headlines or some other tabloid headlines. I guess the MSM and the tabloids must have merged at sometime and I just missed it. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-05-23 14:53 |
| #2 Or rather a lack of them! It is fascinating how some western circles tend to project their own [mushy] thought patterns on ME. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2008-05-23 12:27 |
| #1 Brains! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-05-23 12:18 |