Israel v. Lebanon, day 17

Well, the violence continues. Hezbollah has reached the longer-distance weapons, expanding their striking range to Afula, an Israeli town southeast of Haifa. Israel is still relentlessly pounding Lebanon.

The UN pulled eight more unarmed peacekeepers from two posts in southern Lebanon, as they rightly fear for the safety of UN troops in the area. Israel's bombing of the UN post this past Tuesday is looking more and more intentional on some level.

The Arab world, once slowly moving away from Hezbollah, is now rallying behind it because it has lasted this long against a far superior force.

Tony Blair is on his way here to convince Bush to support a UN resolution for an immediate ceasefire, as the British people are becoming less and less trusting of us. Good luck, Mr. Blair, but I think you'll find Bush as dumb as a brick as ever.

Our policies are doing nothing but creating MORE terrorism, and more hatred and distrust for the United States and Americans.

As always, I ask... Has George Bush's policies made this world any safer?

-R.