guest_writer 0 2006-07-21T00:00:00Z Israel is raining destruction upon Lebanon in a purely defensive operation, according to the White House and most of Congress. Even some CNN anchors, habituated to mechanical reporting of "Middle East violence," sound slightly incredulous. With over 300 Lebanese dead and easily 500,000 di... MERIP 32893 false false false false 2006-07-21T00:00:00Z Editors 10618 3528 0 1 Letting Lebanon Burn letting-lebanon-burn-by-merip-editors Letting Lebanon Burn 2009-09-24T23:26:05Z 54480