<BR><BR><B><I>Jerry Monaco <monacojerry@gmail.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 7/27/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>mike larkin</B> <<A href="mailto:mike_larkin2001@yahoo.com">mike_larkin2001@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"><BR>This is the part in the conflict where Fisk predicts<BR>that the U.S. (or Israel) is losing. A sure sign<BR>Israel is about to prevail.</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR><BR>Mike,<BR><BR>I am not sure why you say this. Is it simply a matter of cynicism about Fisk? In my opinion he is one of the best journalists alive today, no matter how elitist his politics. I suppose I can understand the cynicism but I am not quite sure what you are trying to say. So I guess I am hoping for an explanation.
<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Fisk's a good journalist, but he's also something of a windbag, given to grandiose prounouncements and to contradicting himself all over the place. It's why he 's such a punching bag for the right. In Iraq, he issued similar pronouncements that the U.S. was losing to Saddam even as Baghdad fell.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have no idea whether Hezbollah is winning or losing. I suspect it will be defeated militarily but will rise again as a guerilla force.</DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><p> 
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