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To: Neil H who wrote (86101)	11/29/2010 2:31:01 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 149317

Another one we can thank Bush for.....Lebanon, one of the most western like democracies in the Middle East, is moving closer to Iran. Ted And exactly what logic and facts are you applying to this statement? Let me put some of the pieces together for you. 1. Lebanon is very complicated politically. 2. Very small country that all of the powers are playing in. 3. Just saw Hariri's fathers temporary tomb in downtown Lebanon. Which side was he allied with and who was he opposing? 4. Hezbollah is the current big dog and the one with the arms. 5. Where do the arms come from? 6. Jr Hariri would like to survive another year or so. No question Lebanon is a politically tricky country but its always been pro Western with strong ties to France. That all changed when the US allowed Israel to bomb the hell out of it. Now they are moving towards Iran in part because of Hezbollah and in part because the US has been ineffectual as an ally. Lebanon had been one of the few pro US countries along with Turkey in the ME. Thanks to Bush both countries are moving away from the West and towards the rest of the Islam nations in the ME. The US has few friends in the ME....we can't afford to lose any of the few we have IMO.

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