[lbo-talk] When the Grass is Cut the Snakes will Show

Angelus Novus fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 5 08:07:20 PDT 2006


"Over these past three weeks the cold front on the southern Lebanese border has flared up again, shaking the Lebanese earth with what seems, in the obvious analysis, to be a surreal replay of the Lebanese civil war. As the munitions fly over the borders and the IDF heads deeper and deeper into Lebanese territory, it is worth taking a closer look at the situation as well as its critics.

If we can mark a 'starting point' in what is a continuous and uninterrupted process, the two recent summits between Israel, America and Hezbollah, Iran shed some light on what's happening. When Olmert and Bush met in Washington, the post-Iraqi collapse phase of American foreign policy had to be worked out with Olmer'ts post-Sharon convergence plan. When Hizbullah and the Iranian revolutionary guards met this April, their strategy revolved much more around strengthening the rejectionist wing of Palestinian politics, reviving Hezbollah's fortunes in Lebanon and therefore Iranian influence in the country. Despite this coordination however, the volume and ferocity of the Israeli response took Hizbullah and its regional patrons by surprise. What could the IDF's invasion of Lebanon mean? And why now?"

http://asayake.blogspot.com/2006/07/when-grass-is-cut-snakes-will-show.html

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