The White House needs to lose its Mideast myths


	The White House needs to lose its Mideast myths

invictus

10-1-2006 9:23 PM

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united states, middle east, israel, palestine, bush administration

invictus says:

The lesson of the disastrous wars this summer in Lebanon and Gaza is that the time for listening tours and tactical steps is far past. We hope that Zelikow's bosses start paying attention.

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