"New Middle East" Out of Control

There is a sense that the growing number of crises in the "new Middle East" - proudly midwifed by the administration of President George W. Bush - is rapidly spinning out of control with potentially catastrophic consequences for the entire region and beyond. The first cracks in Israeli support for the war in Lebanon emerged Thursday, with leading intellectuals and mainstream politicians criticizing the government's decision to send more soldiers into Hezbollah territory.

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