Abu Aardvark: "Pro-American Regimes Just Want This Crisis To Go Away...

The Only Thing Which These Regimes Like Less Than Hizbollah These Days Is Their Own Publics"...

Abu Aardvark Posted July 15, 2006 04:06 PM
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Flipping between al-Jazeera and al-Arabiya this morning before my conference, I saw non-stop coverage of the escalating Israeli war in Lebanon (not just Hizballah, it doesn't work that way).

Al-Jazeera especially was in full crisis mode – complete with the tagline and theme music.

Smoldering buildings, explosions, images of bloodied civilians – those visuals dominated the viewing experience. Nobody could miss the message encoded in the sequencing of one of the al-Jazeera news briefs: bloodshed and burning buildings in Lebanon; then Gaza; then clips of Bush and Rice; and then – as the final scene and the coup d’grace – the Security Council deliberations on the Qatari resolution condemning Israel's use of disproportionate force receiving 10 votes in support… followed by John Bolton raising his hand to veto. The narrative there is hard to miss.

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