(Now Lebanon) Michael Young - An astute friend and I were talking about the recent publication by the daily Al-Akhbar of American diplomatic cables circulated by WikiLeaks. Most of the published documents purport to show how Lebanese politicians welcomed, or sought to exploit, a Hizbullah defeat in the summer war of 2006. The party has used the leaks to affirm that its political enemies were on Israel's side. My friend, a Shia journalist, had a different view. What they really showed, he said, was how isolated and unpopular Hizbullah is. Indeed, several of the cables, written by the former U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, Jeffrey Feltman, show not Hizbullah's enemies, but its allies expressing discomfort, or displeasure, with the party.
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