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Open Mike Catches Bush Blaming Syria for Hezbollah Escalation

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2006 At the G8 summit for world leaders, President Bush was caught on a live microphone telling Tony Blair that he held Syria accountable for Hezbollah's actions against Israel "What they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over," Bush told Blair while chewing on a buttered roll Important: This is not a hypocrisy alert Bush's unguarded statements were for the most part consistent with his public ones But it's still a fascinating glimpse into his manner of interaction with America's closest ally Article Best video/audio/transcript combo: CNNcom (The video link "The sh_t hear 'round the world" in the center of the page--not linkable)Blogger reaction: The Carpetbagger Report: "The president often comes across as an unsophisticated simpleton in publicbut incidents like thissuggest Bush is even less impressive in private Juan Cole: Bush's comments "astonishingly simple-minded" . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hezbollah’s Existential Calculus

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2006 Although some in Lebanon hail members of the militant group as national heroes, others call them outright terrorists who are dragging the country into an unwinnable war. The future of Hezbollah--and perhaps its imitators and spawn across the Middle East--would seem to hang in the balance over this conflict. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: Mutually Assured Destruction in the Middle East

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 15, 2006 The former Middle East bureau chief for The New York Times and author of the bestseller "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" argues in this Truthdig column that the bloodshed now engulfing Lebanon and Israel will only worsen as long as extremists on both sides continue to indulge in "collective necrophilia." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Humanity Lost in Lebanon

Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2006 As Israeli warplanes ravage Beirut in retaliation for Lebanon-based Hezbollah raids, a prominent Beirut-based blogger decries being made a "pawn on the board of an imaginary game." He is "infuriated that such risks and actions can be taken with absolute disregard of the lives that are at stake, the lives of the people that make a country what it is." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )