Reader comments: Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods

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russ | 12:55 p.m. May 9, 2008
Like in the movie, "We're back!" US policy fails again. How soon before we toss the bunch out of the white house? Hurry and get us some new leadership.
so | 8:20 p.m. May 9, 2008
So, Mr. President, where is that peace at hand that Ms. Rice was talking about last month?

New leadership, across the board. It is even time to elect new dog catchers. New is necessary for American to have a chance of success in the near future.

And new means Barak.

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A blindfolded pro-government detainee begs Hezbollah gunmen for mercy in west Beirut on May 9, 2008. Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut after three days of street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war. (Mussa Al-Husseini, AFP, Getty Images)
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A blindfolded pro-government detainee begs Hezbollah gunmen for mercy in west Beirut on May 9, 2008. Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut after three days of street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war.
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