22 July 2006

yep

WAR IS THE ultimate sire of unintended consequences. And there is no reason to believe that what has been true of past wars will not be true of the current Mideast war -- a conflict in which Iranian and Syrian missiles fired by the Lebanese Shi'ite militia Hezbollah are landing in Israeli towns while Israel's air force drops bombs not only on Hezbollah positions and weapons but on Lebanon's infrastructure and on the civilian population.

The sooner the bombs and rockets are stopped, the better for all concerned. [more at The Boston Globe]

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