hypocalypse

samir:

I mean, what's to be expected?  Watching events unfold on CNN and Fox News during the summer's war lead one to believe that Lebanon's problems with Israel started on the very day that the soldiers were kidnapped.  Radio program after radio program was bleating about how this war will lead to more stability after the IDF completely obliterates Hizbullah, doing its part in the war on terror.  And now that Israel clearly failed in all its stated objective (the usual cynical objective of inflicting as much harm as possible on Arab civilian populations not withstanding) Americans have no clue what the outcome was.  They don't see the pictures of the largest - peaceful - anti-government demonstrations in Lebanon's history on CNN or Fox, lead by a Hizbullah that is stronger than ever.  Nor do they hear about the daily violations of Lebanon's air-space by Israeli jets, in clear contravention of the agreements they JUST signed.

I've said it before, but it bears repeating: apparently, it's no simple task to dislodge from an American psyche the notion that Israeli policy is fundamentally "good" or "good-intentioned", irrespective of reality.