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Julian Sanchez | December 15, 2005

Michael Young draws a lesson for the U.S. from the murder of Lebanese journalist Gebran Tueni.

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Taylor|12.15.05 @ 11:09AM|#

Like I said over at Fresh Politics... the arab are finally starting to realize what terrorists are doing to the world -- they are personalizing terroism.

Zarqawi's 'accidental' bombing of the Jordanian hotel was the wake up call. This is another reawakening. How long are they going to hit the snooze button?

|12.15.05 @ 11:10AM|#

The thesis that the only thing standing between Arab democrats and assassination is the presence of the American army seems to have a major problem: all of the assassinations mentioned in the article (except for Jumblatt's father) happened while the US army was in Iraq.

|12.15.05 @ 11:25AM|#

The polls have been closed for more than an hour (even with the extended hour) and still no snarky angle on the election from the H&R staff? You people are slipping. What is it, some libertarian federal holiday?

|12.15.05 @ 1:10PM|#

As columnist David Ignatius wrote: "The shame for America isn't that we have tried to topple the rule of the assassins, but that we have so far been unsuccessful." . . . The internationalization of Lebanese security . . . is essential to avoid a slide into something far worse.

That's not to say the U.S. should become fireman to the world.

Perhaps not, but it's one heckuva good start downt that road.