Monday, May 19, 2008

This Administration's few successes have come when it's agreed to engage with adversaries

Fareed Zakaria, in Newsweek, here
"....Hizbullah is not like Al Qaeda, a rootless organization that engages solely in existential terrorism. It's a homegrown group with deep roots in Lebanon's Shia community .....
The foundation of Hizbullah's strength is not just its rockets but the support it can command from 1 million Lebanese Shiites. That's why dealing with the group as a military problem is counterproductive......
Perhaps Gates noticed ..........................."

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