Via the NYT: In Surprise, Rice’s Trip to Mideast Begins in Beirut
Besides Mr. Siniora, Ms. Rice was to meet with Shiite members of Lebanon’s parliament who have close to ties to Hezbollah, the militant group that is Israel’s target, aides said.She is expected to announce a financial aid package for Lebanon, according to a senior American official.
The meeting with Shiite parliamentarians is smart and interesting. The aid package is not a surprise.
Poliblogger seems to be in his element lately
I don’t just mean he’s spot on in his blogging about Colombia, his oeuvre, as he does here http://poliblogger.com/?p=10390 (where one almost wishes Colombian paramilitaries were challenging Columbia’s rebels until one recalls th…
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