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Michel Aoun on war: History will judge us all on our actions

Rabieh – While aircraft, sea-craft, and artillery pound our beloved Lebanon, we Lebanese are left, as usual, to watch helplessly and pay a heavy price for a war foisted upon … Continue reading

14 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

FT OpEd: A dire toll in Lebanon

Financial Times Editorial comment 12 August  2006 A deal to end the fighting in Lebanon was reached at the United Nations in New York last night. But whether or not … Continue reading

13 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

What the Hell has happened to the (Israeli) Army? By Uri Avnery

12 August 2006 by email list :: See also Gush Shalom SO WHAT has happened to the Israeli army? This question is now being raised not only around the world, … Continue reading

13 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Finkelstein: Should Alan Dershowitz Target Himself for Assassination?

How many degrees of “civilianity” does Dershowitz have? Norman G. Finkelstein masterfully deconstructs Dershie’s latest apologetic rants in his latest essay available at his site here, as an 18pp word … Continue reading

12 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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