Bush, Cheney in deep funk after Israel war performance (Insight Mag) [View All]

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Issue Date: www.insightmag.com - Aug. 22-28, 2006, Posted On: 8/22/2006

Bush, Cheney in deep funk after Israel war performance


Hezbollah supporters wave Hezbollah flags during the funeral procession of Kassim Ali Garib, Hassan Ali Garib and Haisan Ali Garib, three Hezbollah fighters, in the village of Naqoura in southern Lebanon on Aug. 20, after they were killed in the recent conflict with Israel. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have been extremely disappointed by Israel's failure to defeat Hezbollah.

Government sources said the Israeli failure has led to deep pessimism within the National Security Council and Pentagon regarding U.S. goals in the Middle East, particularly the effort to

stop Iran's advance in Iraq and toward nuclear weapons. The sources said the Israeli experience has been used by the Pentagon to explain the U.S. difficulty in halting the deterioration of order in Iraq.

"There's a lot of doom and gloom in the White House over the U.S. future in the Middle East," a source said. "Everybody feels there's been a significant strategic shift in favor of the bad guys.

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