Comments on: “While the Cat’s Away?” http://xrdarabia.org/2006/07/28/while-the-cats-away/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Mon, 21 May 2012 20:16:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John http://xrdarabia.org/2006/07/28/while-the-cats-away/comment-page-1/#comment-1681 John Mon, 31 Jul 2006 03:44:26 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=1836#comment-1681 The fact that American-made aircraft are dropping American-made ordnance doesn't help much, either, even if the planes and bombs are owned by Israel. The fact that American-made aircraft are dropping American-made ordnance doesn’t help much, either, even if the planes and bombs are owned by Israel.

]]> By: Solomon2 http://xrdarabia.org/2006/07/28/while-the-cats-away/comment-page-1/#comment-1680 Solomon2 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:56:32 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=1836#comment-1680 <i>This Arab News editorial makes it clear: the crisis in Lebanon is all the fault of the United States.</i> A view that can only gain credibility in light of the fact that it was the U.S. State Department, not Israel, that <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060730/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_israel;_ylt=AukwqWsyeLBFrhCVMwKevzt34T0D;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--" rel="nofollow">first </a> announced a 48-hour bombing halt, which the Israeli government <i>later</i> confirmed. This Arab News editorial makes it clear: the crisis in Lebanon is all the fault of the United States.

A view that can only gain credibility in light of the fact that it was the U.S. State Department, not Israel, that first announced a 48-hour bombing halt, which the Israeli government later confirmed.

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