The invasion of the Lebanon is not going well for the Israelis. Despite their huge miliary and technological advantage the Lebanese fighters operating in small groups are holding their own in the hills north of the border.

The Israelis have flattened the country before the eyes of the world.

They have made war against the entire civilian population-women and children included.Their targets have included ambulance medics,infants,UN observers and the elderly.

Across the world there is a sense of outrage and public opinion is beginning to be actively mobilised.

Bush looks like the callous and ignorant warmonger he is sending yet more huge bombs to resupply Israel days into the invasion.Blair likewise looks like the poodle of the neocons [Yo Blair indeed!].

Across the Middle East there is a huge difference between the rulers and the ruled over what is happening in Palestine and the Lebanon. The "street"is seething at the cowardly role of the local rulers who are deemed to be in the pocket of the USA.

In particular the tensions inside Egypt must be mounting with people cursing Mubarrak..and for many it is Egypy and its working class that holds the key to what will happen in he region.

Hezbollah has won the support,perhaps reluctantly ,of those christians,muslims and secularists who have suffered at the hands of the neighbourhood bully and who have longed to see someone stand up to Israel.Nassrallah is popular at the moment and the attempt by the USA and Israel to remodel the Middle East is going to prove very,very difficult. Iraq is a total mess and the carnage is spreading.Bush is pouring petrol on the flames.

And the fate of the captured soldiers seems to have been forgotten in the rush to remodel, and in the birth pangs of the new order. One thing is for sure there will be no peace for the wicked and no justice for the innocent.
James