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Throughout the Lebanon crisis, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has insisted that a return to the status quo ante is unacceptable - a radical Iran-backed militia could not be allowed to operate along Israel's northern border, as Hizballah was doing on July 12 when it captured two Israeli soldiers...
Israel's strategy is now premised on the arrival in the not-too-distant future of an international security force in south Lebanon. Until then, Israel is attacking Hizballah strongholds to degrade its military capability, while notably keeping its own forces mobile, rather than trying to hold the towns they...
The depth of Rice?s quandary had already been coming through in subtle ways. At times, she seemed to cling to dry diplomatic jargon. ?We?re making real progress on a political framework,? she said at one point.? At another, she said, ?We also have to realize that we cannot...
The Bush Administration's message went through a dramatic evolution over the weekend. Last Friday, describing her upcoming mission to the Middle East, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said dismissively, "I can guarantee you, if you simply look for a ceasefire that acknowledges and freezes the status quo ante, we...
BY LEAVING SOLDIERS IN THE WEST BANK after any withdrawal, Israel might hope to guarantee security on its eastern border. But the same tactic wouldn't work to the north; nobody is going to countenance Israel's occupying a swath of southern Lebanon again (as it did from 1982 to...