Monday, July 17, 2006
Arab RhetIraq: Exacting Revenge for Lebanon
Who: As’ad AbuKhalil, Professor of Political Science at California State University Stanislaus, visiting at UC Berkeley
Source: Democracy Now! via Information Clearing House
Quotes: From interview with Amy Goodman and Chris Hedges (Nation Institute Senior Fellow);
These will have long scars. People are going to exact revenge. I mean, I know that in America we always think that Israel is the only one that is entitled to take revenge. I can guarantee you -- I mean, Chris Hedges at least admitted that Hezbollah was born within the womb, so to speak, of the Israeli invasion of 1982. It didn't exist prior to that. I guarantee you a new organization is going to be born out of the agony of the Lebanese population, and they will certainly exact revenge, against Israel, against America and against all those who supported this aggression, and when that occurs, the American population, as always, and the media will say in innocence and wonder yet again, “Why do they hate us? What have we done to them?”
Source: Democracy Now! via Information Clearing House
Quotes: From interview with Amy Goodman and Chris Hedges (Nation Institute Senior Fellow);
These will have long scars. People are going to exact revenge. I mean, I know that in America we always think that Israel is the only one that is entitled to take revenge. I can guarantee you -- I mean, Chris Hedges at least admitted that Hezbollah was born within the womb, so to speak, of the Israeli invasion of 1982. It didn't exist prior to that. I guarantee you a new organization is going to be born out of the agony of the Lebanese population, and they will certainly exact revenge, against Israel, against America and against all those who supported this aggression, and when that occurs, the American population, as always, and the media will say in innocence and wonder yet again, “Why do they hate us? What have we done to them?”
