Really. Check out the last two paragraphs in this AP story. Notice which paragraph is absolutely dead last (the one that nearly always gets cut from a newspaper story.)
The battle is a fallout from the summer war between Hezbollah and Israel that ravaged parts of Lebanon. The guerrilla force’s strong resistance against Israeli troops sent its support among Shiites skyrocketing, emboldening it to grab more political power. Hezbollah also feels Saniora did not do enough to support it during the fight.
Pro-government groups, in turn, resent Hezbollah for sparking the fight by snatching two Israeli soldiers, dragging Lebanon into war with Israel.
Yep. Lebanon’s problems are Israel’s fault. Nothing to do with Syria and Iran meddling in Lebanon for the past thirty years, or the inability of the Christians and Muslims to get along in one country. Nope. It’s Israel’s fault. Damn those Jews!
Being that the AP’s coverage of the Mideast is quasi-controlled by the Arabs,
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22055&only
this makes alot of sense.
Whats also shocking in that article picked out by you Meryl is this:
“The Shiite Muslim Hezbollah and its allies mobilized their bases for the protest, arranging to bus supporters from all over Lebanon and handing out free gasoline coupons to people in remote regions. ”
Where… are the moderate Shiites? Is the free gasoline for fueling their cars?
As Homey the clown would say: “I don’t think so…”