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[Donna Zen]

This plan bush has of sending relief to Lebanon , what is this , you feed the people as you allow their country to be bombed , sounds like a political patch to me .

This is an important point because it points out how inadequate bush's effort is. The best alternative would be for the US to call for a stop of the bombing, and also send relief. I'm hoping that you agree that we need to send relef...maybe not, but I do. If bush called for an end to the violence, he might or might not get Israel to respond. Nevertheless, I see little hope of bush asking Israel to do anything. Besides, even if Israel stopped, Hizbullah wouldn't. I'm not buying the hype, I'm being realistic.

Robert Fisk, normally a strong critic of the actions of the US and Israel, was quoted in an article I read. Fisk was as expected highly critical of US-Israeli actions, while lamenting the city that he loves, Beirut. But what caught my attention was his assessment of Hizbullah. He said that Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah was a cruel, vicious man.

If you are waiting for the "good guys" to arrive, it will not happen.

Condemn bush 24/7 because he opened the Pandora's Box when he removed Saddam, a cruel but balancing force to Iran. Stupid. Just Stupid.

But if we can only feed the people of Lebanon, then please let us do so.