tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563578.post-55750302516179404552007-06-15T12:00:00.000-04:002007-06-15T12:01:40.310-04:00

These are the "birth pangs" of a "new Middle East," said Condi Rice last summer, as Israel pounded Lebanon. Unfortunately, the new Middle East may make us all pray for the return of the old.

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