Funny, I thought September 11 changed everything

Says professor Barry Rubin of GLORIA Center in his article Lebanon to West: Wake Up Fast!

While America's secretary of state devotes her time to doomed Israel-Palestinian talks and America goes ga-ga over a candidate whose main foreign policy strategy is to talk to dictators, still another crisis strengthens radical Islamists and endangers Western friends and interests.

Frankly, unlike prof. Rubin, I was never sure that the tragedy of 9/11 has changed the world as much as it should have. But it doesn't detract from the powerful article in any way.

More on the Lebanon situation by Ami Isseroff.