GYROWAR:

Hezbollah a bump on 'escalation road'? (David R. Sands, July 18, 2006, THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

Israel's clash with Hezbollah in Lebanon may just be the undercard bout.

With the rhetoric rising and positions hardening, many in the region fear that the current fighting could easily spiral out of control, pitting Israel and the United States in the main bout against the two countries they accuse of arming and inciting Hezbollah fighters: Syria and, especially, Iran. ,/blockquote>
Clearly it would be better if we control the spiral of escalation.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 18, 2006 9:50 AM