Archive for August, 2006
The “new Orientalism”
By Alastair Crooke, Bitterlemons, August 31, 2006
It’s unconscious. It slips out almost inadvertently. It is not deliberate but, rather, a reflex: an Israeli commentator discusses options for clearing Hizballah from the area south of the Litani River in the context of the war in Lebanon. After reviewing the options he adds, in an almost despairing […]
Posted: August 31st, 2006 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Europe, Hezbollah, Israel-Hezbollah war.
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Why America can’t end the conflict
By Mark Perry, Bitterlemons, August 10, 2006
Even the most unhappily married couple in the world knows this salient truth about their relationship: that there are things that should never be said, because they will never be forgiven. The same is certainly true for politics, and most certainly for American politics: it is one thing to […]
Posted: August 10th, 2006 under ARTICLES, Bush Administration, Hezbollah, Israel-Hezbollah war, Lebanon, Mark Perry.
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The loser in Lebanon: The Atlantic alliance
By Mark Perry and Alastair Crooke, Asia Times, August 8, 2006
The United States and France have produced a United Nations resolution of sorts aimed at ending the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, but the negotiations between US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton and France’s Jean-Marc de La Sabliere nearly ended in disaster.
Through the course of a single […]
Posted: August 8th, 2006 under ARTICLES, Alastair Crooke, Europe, Hezbollah, Israel-Hezbollah war, Lebanon, Mark Perry, UN.
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