[Downthestretch55]

If you've read Seymore Hirsh's article in the New Yorker, you might get an insight as to what is really happening.
Bush gave Condi the instructions to stall...so Israel could go ahead and "defeat the terrorists".
Guess what?
They didn't.
Hezbollah is now claiming "victory" that they held off a surperior military force (third largest in the world).
Are the terrorists gaining confidence?
Unfortunately, this mess is just a pretext to divert attention from the US failure in Iraq prior to the November elections, where the Republicans will loose their majority in the House of Representatives.
The "War on Terror" has been the "play card". Feed the fear.
Reality is that the British were pushed to make arrests for the 9-11 type terror attacks, and people have lined up to take off their shoes, discard their toothpaste and lipstick...all to make the world more "secure". HMMM.
Reminds me of an "orange alert" two summers ago when the tunnels going into NYC were under threat, and I sat for hours in the heat on the NJ Turnpike.
Does this little boy "cry wolf" enough?
Seems that lots play along with the nonsense...even vote for it.

Now, the REAL future...
The US (Bush and neo cons) will use any and all pretexts for dropping 500K bombs (bunker busters) on already targeted Iranian sites....YES! IRAN!
Unfortunately, this action will not be won either. The US military does not have sufficient man power to put "boots on the ground". Already many troops are doing second and third tours in Iraq...trying to deny the reality of the "civil war" that was created by Bush's and his "policy advisors'" actions.

Two things to consider...
1) Disapproval of current policies by this administration, especially regarding Iraq are at an all time low...28% in favor.
2) Israeli actions against Lebanon, though unsupported by the vast majority of the world's nations, are only a pretext to future actions that will generate even more animosity in the Arab world. Seems that Hitler taught the Jewish people a great deal. Instead of learning from that lesson, the apply those lessons to others... and it will indeed cost us all, just like the misguided policies of the Bush administration.