[lbo-talk] NYT: U.S. Speeds Up Bomb Delivery for the Israelis

[Dennis Perrin]

> Seib writes in today's WSJ that the 1982 invasion of Lebanon was met  with 
> much more criticism in the US - so much so that Reagan pressed  Begin & 
> Sharon to pull back, unlike now, when the House passed an  endorsement 
> resolution 410-8. I don't remember 1982 well enough to  know whether Seib 
> was right. Anyone else?


> Doug

The '82 invasion was when I first began reading anything about the Middle 
East. But I recall there being very little domestic criticism, outside of 
Chomsky, Cockburn in his Press Clips column in the Voice, and surprisingly 
Nat Hentoff, who woke up to the realities at this time.

Yes, Reagan ordered Begin to stop, but only after the carnage got so bad 
that it began getting embarrassing for the US. As bad as Lebanon is getting 
hit now, it hasn't reach '82 levels -- yet.

Dennis