The Spin Machine Behind a Failed War

So Israel’s war against Hezbollah has failed. After a month of barbaric bombing that has left over 1,000 Lebanese dead and an estimated one million homeless, Israel has failed to beat one of its arch enemies. Instead Hezbollah’s reputation has been “lionised across the Arab world”, according to veteran Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk of the Independent. Israel’s defeat leaves US policy in the region in tatters, for Israel’s attack on Hezbollah was meant to be a dry run for an American strike against Iran.

Spinwatch August 2006, read more