Man in a Shed: The Lebanon war - part 2, coming soon ....

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

The Lebanon war - part 2, coming soon ....

All the hand ringing and Hezbollah propaganda swallowing by the UK media and others stopped the Lebanon war from reaching a conclusion.

Now everyone is rearming for the second round. The Israelis are clearing the diplomatic decks by making an offer on the Golan heights - so when the shooting starts its clear who is to blame when the serrious business of bombing starts ( not that it will persuade the BBC.)

Its obvious, predictable and likely. Yet much of the left wing media will act shocked when it happens.

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