{"id":67836,"date":"2006-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2006\/08\/04\/le-journalisme-us-et-son-professionnalisme-patriotique\/"},"modified":"2006-08-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-04T00:00:00","slug":"le-journalisme-us-et-son-professionnalisme-patriotique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2006\/08\/04\/le-journalisme-us-et-son-professionnalisme-patriotique\/","title":{"rendered":"Le journalisme US et son professionnalisme patriotique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h3>Le journalisme US et son professionnalisme patriotique <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tLorsque nous parlions de la presse MSM dans notre <a href=\"http:\/\/atimes.com\/atimes\/Middle_East\/HG29Ak03.html\" class=\"gen\">F&#038;C<\/a> du 25 juillet, d&rsquo;une fa\u00e7on qui \u00e9tait apr\u00e8s tout fa\u00e7on de lui rendre hommage, nous \u00e9crivions :<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00ab <em>La presse<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dedefensa.org\/article.php?art_id=2827\" class=\"gen\">MSM<\/a> <em>l&rsquo;est avec eux, grotesque et path\u00e9tique. Elle affabule et fait de la propagande, puis revient \u00e0 la r\u00e9alit\u00e9, puis retombe dans le virtualisme, etc. Ces hauts et ces bas rendent eux-m\u00eames une impression de grotesque et de path\u00e9tique lorsqu&rsquo;on les met \u00e0 jour apr\u00e8s les avoir suivis \u00e0 la trace. On aurait tort de d\u00e9noncer simplement une presse aux ordres, sacrifiant \u00e0 la propagande. Parfois, la presse MSM le c\u00e8de \u00e0 la r\u00e9alit\u00e9, surtout quand elle n&rsquo;a pas re\u00e7u les consignes (et les consignes sont longues \u00e0 venir, dans le bordel g\u00e9n\u00e9ral).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00bb <em>La presse MSM est totalement<\/em> <strong><em>libre<\/em><\/strong>. <em>Elle choisit donc ce qui lui est le plus naturel lorsque ce plus naturel se manifeste : la position officielle, la raison et la puissance du pouvoir et de l&rsquo;establishment ; vu les circonstances, elle choisit donc la servitude voyante, dans le plus pur style La Bo\u00e9tie mais dans ces conditions qui font qu&rsquo;elle appara\u00eet absolument grotesque et path\u00e9tique. L&rsquo;effet est en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral tr\u00e8s contre-productif, lorsqu&rsquo;on lit les stup\u00e9fiantes et hilarantes sottises auxquelles elle sacrifie, comme dans cet exemple du Daily Telegraph qu&rsquo;on a rapport\u00e9 dans notre<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dedefensa.org\/article.php?art_id=2939\" class=\"gen\">Bloc Notes<\/a> <em>d&rsquo;hier. Prendre pour cible cette presse MSM rel\u00e8ve d&rsquo;une facilit\u00e9 qui vous g\u00eane aux entournures. De m\u00eame qu&rsquo;on ne tire pas sur une ambulance, on n&rsquo;a pas toujours le cur de se moquer du coll\u00e8gue tr\u00e8s chic et tr\u00e8s s\u00e9rieux qui \u00e9crit avec son entonnoir sur la t\u00eate.<\/em> \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tVoyons si notre rosserie est justifi\u00e9e, \u00e0 partir d&rsquo;un exemple. L&rsquo;int\u00e9r\u00eat de la chose est que ce m\u00eame exemple nous \u00e9clairera sur le cheminement de la politique am\u00e9ricaniste, sur son extraordinaire absence de perspectives, sur son improvisation compl\u00e8te, sur son r\u00e9f\u00e9rencement \u00e0 des th\u00e8ses et des conceptions na\u00efves, folles, improbables et bizarres. Il nous \u00e9clairera encore plus avec les prolongements <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dedefensa.org\/article.php?art_id=2985\" class=\"gen\">d&rsquo;aujourd&rsquo;hui<\/a> m\u00eame. L&rsquo;exemple, pour qui sait y voir, nous plonge au cur m\u00eame de la plus formidable imposture en cours aujourd&rsquo;hui,  et encore, une imposture inconsciente, n\u00e9e de l&#8217;emprisonnement de l&rsquo;esprit dans une psychologie compl\u00e8tement subvertie.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tIl s&rsquo;agit de deux articles, dans le m\u00eame journal, du m\u00eame auteur, \u00e0 trois jours d&rsquo;intervalle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t&bull; Dans le Washington <em>Post<\/em> du 13 juillet, l&rsquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/07\/12\/AR2006071201557_pf.html\" class=\"gen\">article<\/a> \u00ab <em>Options for U.S. Limited As Mideast Crises Spread<\/em> \u00bb, de Robin Wright.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t&bull; Dans le m\u00eame Washington <em>Post<\/em>, du 16 juillet, l&rsquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/07\/15\/AR2006071500957_pf.html\" class=\"gen\">article<\/a> \u00ab <em>Strikes Are Called Part of Broad Strategy<\/em> \u00bb, du m\u00eame Robin Wright. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t<strong>Que se passe-t-il ?  Le 13 juillet<\/strong>, rien, <em>nada<\/em>, le d\u00e9sert total. La crise libano-isra\u00e9lienne vient d&rsquo;\u00e9clater et rien n&rsquo;est pr\u00eat encore pour son interpr\u00e9tation virtualiste. Elle est donc observ\u00e9e <strong>en r\u00e9alit\u00e9<\/strong>, plac\u00e9e dans son contexte <strong>r\u00e9el<\/strong> qui est celui des deux autres crises en cours (Irak et Iran). \u00ab <em>The Bush administration suddenly faces three rapidly expanding crises in the Middle East, but it has limited options to defuse tensions in any of them anytime soon, U.S. officials and Middle East experts say.<\/em> [] <em>The Bush administration has few ways of directly pressuring Iran on any of the three fronts. They have sanctioned themselves out of leverage on Iran, <\/em>[director of the International Crisis Group&rsquo;s Middle East program] <em>Malley said. They have cornered themselves out of a lack of influence on any of the parties that are driving this  Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria and Iran. Counseling restraint or condemning actions is pretty meager when you think of the influence the United States should be wielding.<\/em> \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t<strong>Le 16 juillet<\/strong>, formidable! Quelle opportunit\u00e9 Tout est pr\u00eat, tout \u00e9tait pr\u00e9vu, nous d\u00e9marrons sur les chapeaux de roue. <em>We seize the Moment<\/em>. Ce mot-l\u00e0 ne va plus nous quitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dedefensa.org\/article.php?art_id=2939\" class=\"gen\">The moment<\/a>, ou encore <a href=\"http:\/\/fairuse.100webcustomers.com\/sf\/nyt7_28_06_4.html\" class=\"gen\">a moment of opportunity<\/a>,  jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 ce que, tout de m\u00eame, quelqu&rsquo;un, et des plus distingu\u00e9s encore (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dedefensa.org\/article.php?art_id=2960\" class=\"gen\">Richard Haass<\/a>), ait le bon go\u00fbt et le bon sens d&rsquo;en \u00e9clater de rire. Le deuxi\u00e8me article vous pr\u00e9sente religieusement ce montage rocambolesque o\u00f9 l&rsquo;on vous annonce que tout cela \u00e9tait quasiment programm\u00e9, qu&rsquo;apr\u00e8s le Hezbollah liquid\u00e9 (autour d&rsquo;une grosse semaine sans doute, comme nous l&rsquo;avons vu), nous passerons \u00e0 l&rsquo;Iran et \u00e0 la Syrie, jusqu&rsquo;au terminus,  <em>the new Middle East<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tCes deux textes nous paraissent exemplaires par la diff\u00e9rence d&rsquo;esprit qu&rsquo;on y trouve alors qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agit du m\u00eame esprit (celui de Mr. Robin Wright) qui pr\u00e9side \u00e0 la manoeuvre.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tNotez que la machine est bien huil\u00e9e. Il n&rsquo;y a pas changement de m\u00e9thode ni d\u00e9gradation du professionnalisme. On trouve dans les deux textes l&rsquo;attirail habituel du journaliste extr\u00eamement am\u00e9ricaniste, tr\u00e8s professionnel et tr\u00e8s admirable; pr\u00e9cision, sobri\u00e9t\u00e9, objectivit\u00e9 (mais oui mais oui), les experts qui vont bien et l&rsquo;in\u00e9vitable et naturellement in\u00e9narrable <em>administration official<\/em> qui requiert l&rsquo;anonymat (on le lui accorde bien volontiers) \u00e0 cause de la <em>sensitivity of the subject<\/em> dont il va nous instruire. Tout est en place, la pi\u00e8ce est d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9crite. Le choeur des admirateurs (en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral les journalistes europ\u00e9ens continentaux) s&rsquo;exclame.  \u00e7a, c&rsquo;est du journalisme professionnel.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t Et puis, patatras. L&rsquo;un nous dit blanc, l&rsquo;autre, trois jours plus tard, nous dit noir. Le m\u00eame sujet, la m\u00eame crise, les m\u00eames circonstances, sont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s comme le trou sans fond d&rsquo;un \u00e9pouvantable chaos o\u00f9 la plus grande puissance du monde ne peut rien; et, trois jours plus tard, comme une habilet\u00e9 exceptionnelle, une manoeuvre sublime, la pr\u00e9misse d&rsquo;un triomphe absolument extraordinaire (pensez donc: <em>the new Middle East<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tLe m\u00eame homme, Mr. Robin Wright, semble \u00eatre pass\u00e9 d&rsquo;un monde \u00e0 l&rsquo;autre sans coup f\u00e9rir, sans noter le d\u00e9placement. Comme une m\u00e9canique bien huil\u00e9e, il enregistre trois jours plus tard le contraire de ce qu&rsquo;il a \u00e9crit trois jours plus t\u00f4t.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tCes trois jours, on le comprend, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 n\u00e9cessaires pour permettre \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe de la Maison-Blanche de lire le <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dedefensa.org\/article.php?art_id=2904\" class=\"gen\">dernier<\/a> article du <em>Weekly Standard<\/em> pour pr\u00e9senter la nouvelle r\u00e9alit\u00e9 que Mr. Wright devra pr\u00e9senter \u00e0 ses lecteurs. Dans tout ce processus, nulle part, dans aucun esprit n&rsquo;existe la moindre notion de culpabilit\u00e9. Il s&rsquo;agit du monde de l&rsquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dedefensa.org\/article.php?art_id=2679\" class=\"gen\">inculpabilit\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tNous avons donc, pi\u00e8ces en main, la d\u00e9monstration de l&rsquo;imposture g\u00e9n\u00e9rale du syst\u00e8me. Le virtualisme qui conditionne absolument l&rsquo;\u00e9laboration d&rsquo;une politique, laquelle n&rsquo;est plus du tout \u00e9labor\u00e9e aujourd&rsquo;hui, mais r\u00eav\u00e9e et issue d&rsquo;un phantasme. Le journalisme professionnel imbu de son objectivit\u00e9 et de son professionnalisme, qui s&rsquo;av\u00e8re une mati\u00e8re manipulable \u00e0 volont\u00e9, et un exercice en servilit\u00e9 inconsciente d&rsquo;une impudence \u00e0 couper le souffle. Tout le reste est \u00e0 l&rsquo;avenant. Terminus: le monde postmoderne.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"common-article\">Options for U.S. Limited As Mideast Crises Spread<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t<strong>By Robin Wright, Washington Post, July 13, 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tThe Bush administration suddenly faces three rapidly expanding crises in the Middle East, but it has limited options to defuse tensions in any of them anytime soon, U.S. officials and Middle East experts say.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tIsrael has sent troops into Gaza and Lebanon over three captured soldiers  one held by Hamas in Gaza and two seized yesterday by Hezbollah in Lebanon. The United States and its allies set a collision course with Iran over its nuclear program. And there is mounting concern that Iraq&rsquo;s sectarian violence is crossing the threshold to a full-blown civil war.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tA common thread in the three crises is Iran  for its support of the two Islamist groups, its alleged funding and arming of Iraqi militias and extremist groups, and its refusal to give a final response to the Western package of incentives designed to prevent it from converting a peaceful energy program into one to develop nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00a0\u00bbThere seems to be a hand in each one of these  Iran&rsquo;s and Syria&rsquo;s,\u00a0\u00bb Assistant Secretary of State C. David Welch said in a telephone interview from Amman, Jordan. \u00a0\u00bbToday does cross a threshold because, as Hezbollah has now said, this action was planned. It was intended to escalate and widen the battleground.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tU.S. tensions with Iran have not been this high  or covered so many issues  since the 1979-1981 hostage crisis, said Shaul Bakhash, an Iran expert at George Mason University. Shortly after Iran&rsquo;s 1979 revolution, 52 Americans were seized at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held hostage for 444 days.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tThe common tactic in the three crises appears to be daring defiance by Iran and its allies, particularly in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, to gain position at the same time they are facing mounting pressures. \u00a0\u00bbHere you have actors who are basically pariahs who are trying to find their way back in. They&rsquo;re doing it the way they know best  brinksmanship,\u00a0\u00bb said Robert Malley, director of the International Crisis Group&rsquo;s Middle East program They want to change the rules of the game.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tBecause of the simultaneous crises, the Bush administration is poised to use the Group of Eight summit of industrialized nations in Moscow this week to rally support against Iran as a bad actor unwilling to embrace the standards of the international community, U.S. officials say. The United States is also pushing for a new resolution at the United Nations next week on Iran&rsquo;s failure to suspend uranium enrichment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tThe White House said it is holding Iran and Syria responsible for the flare-up along Lebanon&rsquo;s border because of their long-standing support for Hezbollah. It charged that the seizure of two soldiers was deliberately timed to \u00a0\u00bbexacerbate already high tensions in the region and sow further violence.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00a0\u00bbHezbollah&rsquo;s actions are not in the interest of the Lebanese people, whose welfare should not be held hostage to the interests of the Syrian and Iranian regimes,\u00a0\u00bb a statement said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tIran&rsquo;s role differs in each crisis, as do the issues.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tThe most pressing is the new violence along Israel&rsquo;s borders. Overnight, the confrontation with Hamas mushroomed dramatically into a confrontation that includes Hezbollah, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. Iran is using Hezbollah to improve its own leverage, analysts say.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00a0\u00bbThe Iranians think they have a regional role,\u00a0\u00bb Bakhash said. \u00a0\u00bbIf the Israelis are beating up the Palestinians in Gaza, they may feel compelled as supporters of the Palestinian cause to have Hezbollah take a stand at this difficult moment.\u00a0\u00bb Hezbollah was founded in 1982 with the funding, arms and training by Iranian Revolutionary Guards dispatched to Lebanon after Israel&rsquo;s invasion.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tOn the nuclear issue, Tehran has taken a tough position on its right to enrich uranium for its civilian energy program, which is allowed under terms of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, but which can be subverted for a nuclear weapon. Iran says that the United States particularly wants it to surrender this right to undermine its long-term development as a modern nation. But several Western nations are convinced Iran is intent on procuring a nuclear weapons capability.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tIn Iraq, Iran has fostered sectarianism by aiding fellow Shiites in powerful militias, including renegade cleric Moqtada al-Sadr&rsquo;s militia and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq&rsquo;s Badr Brigades, which were originally trained in Iran, U.S. officials say. The militias have defied calls to disarm, undermining the control of the new government and preventing smaller Sunni militias from cooperating as well. U.S. officials say Iran&rsquo;s goal is to prevent stability and a U.S. victory in Iraq that might lead to pressure on Iran.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tThe Bush administration has few ways of directly pressuring Iran on any of the three fronts. \u00a0\u00bbThey have sanctioned themselves out of leverage on Iran,\u00a0\u00bb Malley said. \u00a0\u00bbThey have cornered themselves out of a lack of influence on any of the parties that are driving this  Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria and Iran. Counseling restraint or condemning actions is pretty meager when you think of the influence the United States should be wielding.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tThe United States reached out to Arab allies  Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia  to weigh in with Syria and, through Damascus, to Iran. In Paris for talks on Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on all sides to \u00a0\u00bbact with restraint.\u00a0\u00bb She also talked to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tBut the U.S. options stand in stark contrast to the U.S.-brokered cease-fires in 1993 and 1996 between Israel and Hezbollah, via Syria.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t<strong><em>[Notre recommandation est que ce texte doit \u00eatre lu avec la mention classique \u00e0 l&rsquo;esprit,  Disclaimer: In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only..]<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"common-article\">Strikes Are Called Part of Broad Strategy<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t<strong>By Robin Wright, Washington Post, July 16, 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tIsrael, with U.S. support, intends to resist calls for a cease-fire and continue a longer-term strategy of punishing Hezbollah, which is likely to include several weeks of precision bombing in Lebanon, according to senior Israeli and U.S. officials.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tFor Israel, the goal is to eliminate Hezbollah as a security threat  or altogether, the sources said. A senior Israeli official confirmed that Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah is a target, on the calculation that the Shiite movement would be far less dynamic without him.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tFor the United States, the broader goal is to strangle the axis of Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria and Iran, which the Bush administration believes is pooling resources to change the strategic playing field in the Middle East, U.S. officials say.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tWhatever the outrage on the Arab streets, Washington believes it has strong behind-the-scenes support among key Arab leaders also nervous about the populist militants  with a tacit agreement that the timing is right to strike.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00a0\u00bbWhat is out there is concern among conservative Arab allies that there is a hegemonic Persian threat [running] through Damascus, through the southern suburbs of Beirut and to the Palestinians in Hamas,\u00a0\u00bb said a senior U.S. official who requested anonymity because of sensitive diplomacy. \u00a0\u00bbRegional leaders want to find a way to navigate unease on their streets and deal with the strategic threats to take down Hezbollah and Hamas, to come out of the crisis where they are not as ascendant.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tHezbollah&rsquo;s cross-border raid that captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others has provided a \u00a0\u00bbunique moment\u00a0\u00bb with a \u00a0\u00bbconvergence of interests\u00a0\u00bb among Israel, some Arab regimes and even those in Lebanon who want to rein in the country&rsquo;s last private army, the senior Israeli official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tIsrael and the United States would like to hold out until Hezbollah is crippled.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00a0\u00bbIt seems like we will go to the end now,\u00a0\u00bb said Israeli Ambassador Daniel Ayalon. \u00a0\u00bbWe will not go part way and be held hostage again. We&rsquo;ll have to go for the kill  Hezbollah neutralization.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tWhite House officials said Friday that Bush has called on Israel to limit civilian casualties and avoid toppling the Lebanese government but has not pressured Israel to stop its military action. \u00a0\u00bbHe believes that the Israelis have a right to protect themselves,\u00a0\u00bb spokesman Tony Snow said in St. Petersburg, where Bush is attending the Group of Eight summit. \u00a0\u00bbThe president is not going to make military decisions for Israel.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tSpecifically, officials said, Israel and the United States are looking to create conditions for achieving one remaining goal of U.N. Resolution 1559, adopted in 2004, which calls for the dismantling and disarming of Lebanon&rsquo;s militias and expanding the state&rsquo;s control over all its territory.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00a0\u00bbWe think part of the solution to this is the implementation of 1559, which would eliminate that [armed group operating outside the government] and help Lebanon extend all of its authority throughout the whole country,\u00a0\u00bb national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley told reporters with Bush in Russia yesterday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tThe other part of the resolution calls for the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon, which was completed in April last year  after the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, which was widely linked to Syria.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tIf Lebanon as a first step takes over Hezbollah&rsquo;s stockpiles, which included more than 12,000 rockets and missiles before the current strife began, then cease-fire talks could begin, the Israeli official said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00a0\u00bbThe only way a cease-fire will even be considered is if 1559 is fully implemented,\u00a0\u00bb said the senior Israeli official. Lebanese troops must be deployed to take over positions in Hezbollah&rsquo;s southern Lebanon strongholds to ensure that there are no more cross-border raids or rocket barrages into northern Israel.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tThere are no guarantees, however, that this strategy will work. Israeli airstrikes could backfire, experts warn.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00a0\u00bbHezbollah was risking alienating not only the Lebanese public at large but, incredibly, its very own Shiite constituency. But if Israel continues with its incessant targeting of exclusively civilian targets, and, as a result, life becomes increasingly difficult for the people, I would not be surprised if there is a groundswell of support for Hezbollah, exactly opposite of what Israel is trying to achieve,\u00a0\u00bb said Timur Goksel, an analyst and former spokesman for the U.N. force in Lebanon who lives in Beirut.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tThe Bush administration&rsquo;s position  and diplomacy  are the opposite of what happened during the Clinton administration.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tThe last Hezbollah-Israel cease-fire was just before dawn on April 27, 1996, after the United States brokered a deal to end a punishing 16-day Israeli offensive designed to end Hezbollah&rsquo;s rocket barrages. More than 150 Lebanese, mostly civilians, were killed; more than 60 Israelis were injured. Tens of thousands on both sides of the border had fled or gone into bunkers.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tThen-Secretary of State Warren Christopher shuttled for a week between Jerusalem and Damascus to mediate a written agreement, a sequel to a similar oral deal he negotiated after skirmishes in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tFor now, that is not a viable option to end the current conflict, U.S. officials say. With its diplomacy redefined by the war on terrorism, the Bush administration has opted for a course that plays out on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tPressed on whether a cease-fire was possible soon, the Israeli official said it was \u00a0\u00bbway, way premature\u00a0\u00bb to consider an end to hostilities. \u00a0\u00bbThere is no sense to have a cease-fire without a fundamental change,\u00a0\u00bb he said. \u00a0\u00bbThat change is to make sure the explosiveness of the situation cannot carry over to the future. That means neutralizing Hezbollah&rsquo;s capabilities.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tThe Bush administration is also using Resolution 1559 as a barometer, U.S. officials say, acknowledging that the Lebanese government has shown neither the ability nor the willingness to deploy its fledgling army to the southern border.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\tU.S. officials have cautioned Israel to use restraint, particularly on collateral damage and destruction of infrastructure, which might undermine the fragile government. There was some U.S. concern about attacks on the Beirut airport, but otherwise Washington is prepared to step aside and defer diplomacy unless there is a dramatic break, U.S. officials say.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\t\u00a0\u00bbThey do have space to operate for a period of time,\u00a0\u00bb the U.S. official said about Israel. \u00a0\u00bbThere&rsquo;s a natural dynamic to these things. 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