Here's an ironic scenario: At the same time US-backed Israel fights its war against Hezbollah, the United States is propping up an Iraqi government that helped create Hezbollah.
Some of the earliest suicide bombings commonly attributed to Hezbollah, such as the 1983 attacks on the US embassy and marine barracks in Beirut, were believed by American intelligence sources at the time to have been orchestrated by the Iraqi Dawa party.
Flash forward to 2006. Dawa's current leadership includes none other than the new Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, feted recently in Washington DC and London as the great hope for the future of the Middle East.
As the old saying goes, today's terrorist is tomorrow's statesman--at least when it suits us.
[The Nation]
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