Video of Amy Goodman's interview with Richard Debs

Democracy Now's Amy Goodman interviews Dr. Richard Debs, Former Chair of Morgan Stanley, Chairman Emeritus at the American University of Beirut

"It's Now Considered the American War Against the Arabs..."
Calling Israel's war in Lebanon a "catastrophe," the former president of Morgan Stanley International talks about the democrats' "huge mistake" in backing the Bush administration's Israel policy. Richard Debs talks about the role that Syria, Iran, and the US media play in the crisis, and his view that "democracy has become a code word--and not a good codeword--in the Middle East."