Amal Saad has been studying Hizbullah for many years. Her voice should be heard in our mainstream media on a regular basis. Like so many other nations in the past, however, the United States is unwilling to allow the real experts to speak freely (and for longer than a sound bite) on the airwaves or in our newspapers. This refusal to coun…
Amal Saad has been studying Hizbullah for many years. Her voice should be heard in our mainstream media on a regular basis. Like so many other nations in the past, however, the United States is unwilling to allow the real experts to speak freely (and for longer than a sound bite) on the airwaves or in our newspapers. This refusal to countenance any internal dissent or external opposition, and the hubris with which we run roughshod over any constructive alternative scenarios is helping to seal our fate.
Our domestic & foreign political behavior is ultimately self destructive. As Saad writes, the realignment of the civilian population within [and to some extent beyond] the Arab world and, especially, the consolidation of a united “Axis of Resistance” among those state & non state actors already involved is underway *now*. By refusing to listen to those voices warning Israel & the US that they are heading into an abyss by pursuing their current policies, these states and their supporters are actively accelerating their own dissolution.
And we hear western media and politicians repeating whatever Israel says without question. What proof is something we have a right to know, and we should demand from legislators and journalists. Of course, I wouldn't know this had I not found Scahill's work (and a handful of independent journalists).
Amal Saad has been studying Hizbullah for many years. Her voice should be heard in our mainstream media on a regular basis. Like so many other nations in the past, however, the United States is unwilling to allow the real experts to speak freely (and for longer than a sound bite) on the airwaves or in our newspapers. This refusal to countenance any internal dissent or external opposition, and the hubris with which we run roughshod over any constructive alternative scenarios is helping to seal our fate.
Our domestic & foreign political behavior is ultimately self destructive. As Saad writes, the realignment of the civilian population within [and to some extent beyond] the Arab world and, especially, the consolidation of a united “Axis of Resistance” among those state & non state actors already involved is underway *now*. By refusing to listen to those voices warning Israel & the US that they are heading into an abyss by pursuing their current policies, these states and their supporters are actively accelerating their own dissolution.
And we hear western media and politicians repeating whatever Israel says without question. What proof is something we have a right to know, and we should demand from legislators and journalists. Of course, I wouldn't know this had I not found Scahill's work (and a handful of independent journalists).