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To: stockman_scott who wrote (192555)	7/22/2006 8:16:43 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

A year ago, the administration was pledging to support Lebanon's fragile and hard-gained democracy. Today, "the country has been torn to shreds," as Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora bitterly told diplomats. "Is this the price we pay for aspiring to build our democratic institutions?" No, Mr. Prime Minister, it's the price you pay for allowing a state within a state, for legitimizing a private army within your borders that has a gripe against an even more powerful neighbor.