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By the way, there's an active thread discussing this same topic in Tilted Politics... but this one is more direct. I hope it picks up speed.
I want to ask TFP'ers in other countries: how does your media portray this conflict? Is there disproportionate weight given to Israeli interests, as with every news source in America, or do you have more balanced reporting?
I can only imagine how Americans' reactions might be different if we were fed something other than Israel = America's fortunate son. Maybe we would actually care about Lebanon being stuck in the middle. Then again, we seemed to care a hell of a lot about them last year when their Prime Minister was assassinated and "democracy" was the buzzword... but now that our "friend" is being destroyed (again) by momma's boy (with completely disproportionate use of force) we look the other way and even applaud the action.
There's not much I can say. Clusterfuck. One big clusterfuck. There is no one party to blame... and yet, I cannot help but be very frustrated with the apathy of so many Americans. How can we be so blind?
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