War in the Middle East

Here is a report worth reading from Salon that I think avoids the stereotyping and side-taking that the mainstream outlets have fallen into. The thing that strikes me is that there was deliberate provaction of Israel, but that the response has been out of proportion to the initial provocation and that it plays into the hands of Hezbollah (see previous post).

What also strikes me is how, as with 9/11, the neo-cons are ready to use the Lebanon crisis for their own ends. As with 9/11, when they used the terror attack on the United States to start a war in Iraq, they are now taking the crisis in Lebanon and using it as a pretext for an assault on Iran. I can only hope that there are cooler and wiser heads out there this time around.

South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet