Netanyahu’s allegation that Iran controls all of Lebanon is a ploy to stoke another disastrous sectarian civil war thereIn 1917, Lt Gen Stanley Maude marched with the British army into Baghdad – then part of the Ottoman empire – with a proclamation. “Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators,” he said.No one within earshot believed him.Moustafa Bayoumi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...