Lebanon War Makes U.S. Plight Even Worse

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Lebanon War Makes U.S. Plight Even Worse
Backing Israel has caught it up in the Shia-Sunni conflict - which could determine the outcome of the Iraq venture.
by Trudy Rubin

If you want to understand the wider repercussions of the war between Hezbollah and Israel, buy a brilliant and very readable new book called The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future.

The author, Vali Nasr, is a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., and a top expert on Shiite Islam and the historic conflict between Shiite and Sunni Muslims. He just briefed President Bush on internal Iraqi religious and political dynamics. One can only wish the meeting had come three years sooner.

The United States is now caught in the middle of the Shiite-Sunni conflict in Baghdad, and the Lebanon war has worsened the precarious U.S. position. This sectarian struggle will determine the outcome of America's Iraq venture. Nasr believes it will shape the future of the entire Middle East.

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