An Insufficient Stomach for War

Washington Post by William M. Arkin | Aug. 1, 2006 (Opinion)

Everyone on the planet seems to agree 600 civilians deaths are too many in this two-week-long war.


The condemnation certainly suggests a step forward for humanity: The global community doesn't have much -- or sufficient -- stomach for war.


But there's another possibility. Perhaps the dominant view of the Lebanon war and expectations about war itself are clouded by innumerable subtexts -- anti-Israel, anti-American, anti-Bush, ... Full Story »

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Arthur J. Fasciani
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 by Arthur J. Fasciani - Oct. 1, 2008

Mr. Arkin makes a poorly disguised attempt to sound neutral in his article but is clearly an apologist for the aggression by Israeli forces in Lebanon. The article is constructed of aguments posed and answered by the author. For the most part, these arguments - attributed to "them" and "they" and "the world" are neither true nor accurate.

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