Summary
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's criticism of the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon as "excessive use of force" was countered the next day by the New York Times headline "U.S. speeds up bomb delivery for the Israelis." Is it any wonder that news reporters in the Arab world speak of the Israeli-U.S. war, a Western Christian religious leader and long-time resident of Lebanon speaks of "the rape of Lebanon," or that in Southeast Asia, as one observer put it, "Malaysians are telling [George W. Bush], forget the war on terrorism. He is inflaming terrorism!"
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Lebanon: Bush's Moment of Truth
President Bush finds himself today looking at a potential legacy that includes a world in which anti-Americanism will have increased exponentially among America's friends and foes alike, terrorism will have grow...
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