"The notion that the US is complicit in Israel's war crimes against the Lebanese people is evinced by 89.5 per cent of the sample who reject any suggestion that it is an "honest broker" in the current conflict. An identical number did not regard America's stand vis-à-vis Lebanon as being "positive". The fact that 94 per cent of Shias hold these views should not be taken lightly, given their unwavering support for the resistance coupled with their unparalleled group cohesion, sense of embattlement and political alienation engendered by Israel's scorched earth policy and the US's perceived encouragement of it, most especially following its recent shipment of precision guided missiles to Israel. That the overwhelming majority of Druze, Sunnis and Christians share these views of the US should be worrisome for the Bush administration insofar as members of these communities launched the much-vaunted "Cedar revolution". "