Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Hezbollah Gets No Respect

And rightly so. This is from the Washington Post:

Nearly a week of fighting in Israel and Lebanon has prompted the two countries' Arab neighbors to express broad support for the civilians caught in the path of Israel's military assault and a measure of anger over the Hezbollah attack that triggered it.
In comments, news conferences and official statements, leaders from throughout the Arab Middle East have voiced concern over the plight of the people of Lebanon and their government, as well as for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the focus of an Israeli operation that is now ending its third week. A few countries -- notably Saudi Arabia and Jordan, both U.S. allies -- have made clear that their sympathy does not extend to Hezbollah and suggested that violence that followed Wednesday's raid into Israel by the Lebanese Shiite militia could -- and should -- have been avoided.

Miracles do happen, such as a liberal newpaper reporting good news from the Global War on Terror for a change.