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* The Octavia Nasr Affair Proves That America Can’t Handle Nuance

That’s it uncle SAM. You have proven that you will never understand this part of the world.When your media insists on converting a nuanced Christian observer (A right wing extremist in some eyes) into an anti-semitic Jihad loving, terrorist hugging nutcase, I lose all hope that you’ll ever understand, let alone help solve our complicated issues.I never liked Hezbollah, In fact I believe they’re the reason many things are wrong in my country. I never liked Mr. Fadlallah either. But yes, I respected him, like Octavia did and like the overwhelming majority of the Lebanese did (US allies and otherwise). I respect him the same way Sayyed Nassrallah, the actual leader of Hezbollah, respects his Israeli arch-enemies for caring for their dead. That doesn’t turn me into a terrorist and that shouldn’t have warranted the firing of Octavia.But like I argued earlier, it’s CNN’s loss. Perhaps they should hire Debbie Schussel instead.Go ahead America, wallow in the “you’re either with us or with the terrorists” mentality and isolate yourselves further away from the rest of the world. Personally, I’m moving on.Update: Here’s how typical regional bloggers are reacting.

Mustapha Hamoui · Jul 8, 2010

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