re: sy hersh reason for lebanon attack
1. The Vietnam War started as a conflict between the French and Vet con.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_war
2. Whose to say they shouldn’t have been overthrown?
3. For all the mess Iraq has had its first democratic election.
4. Few believe anything constructive can be done short term anyway and we know China and India advancement will cancel all the best first World efforts without a huge expansion of nuclear power.
5. That’s complete over statement of the case with Europe actually being the largest stumbling block anyway.
