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You call that a war? Israel loses a round in Lebanon.

National Review

| September 11, 2006 | Pryce-Jones, David | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

ISRAEL in the perception of the Iranian leaders is the West's front line. To attack it is to attack the United States in what they genuinely believe to be--in their words--"a fateful struggle against Western hegemony in the world." As one among other means to that end, they effectively colonized Lebanon through Hezbollah, the militia they have been recruiting, training, and arming there over a number of years. Another means is the Iranian nuclear program, and it says a great deal about the mindset and self-confidence of Iran's rulers that they permitted a test of strength with Israel in the crucial period before that program's completion. It was a tremendous gamble. The ...

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