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France and Lebanon: diplomacy of tragedy By Patrice de Beer

Open Democracy 10 August 2006 The Lebanese war has allowed France’s president to re-energise his own and the country’s political profile, says Patrice de Beer in Paris. The war in … Continue reading

11 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

The Grave Consequences of Supporting War in Lebanon By Scott Ritter

Alternet 9 Aug 2006 With Israel waging an all-out war against the forces of Hezbollah, and the death toll in terms of civilian casualties mounting on a daily basis, the … Continue reading

10 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Ethnic Cleansing: Constructive, Benign, and Nefarious By Edward S. Herman

9 August 2006 Znet Kafka Era Sudies No. 1 Some years ago Noam Chomsky and I found it useful to distinguish between three categories of terrorism–constructive, benign and nefarious–the classification … Continue reading

10 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Surrender of Sovereignty or Ceasefire? Legitimizing Occupation through the UN by Muhammed Asadi

Selves and Others Tuesday 8 August 2006 The UN resolutions, aimed at “ending” the conflict in Lebanon (after all calls for a ceasefire were rejected by the US) is a … Continue reading

9 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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