Lebanese Government resigns?

[storm1977 0]

If I recall you are from Isreal.... I understand your concern with the situation....

I have never lived there.... Shit, I have never visited there. But you must feel (despite the terrorism) that this shows some signs of possative action on the part of Isreals neighbors.
I can't imagine that in the long rin this will make Isreal's situation worse.
I would think things could really only get better.

Chris

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Sometimes it is more important to protect LIFE than Liberty

[falxori 0]

yes and no.
lebanon used to be a wonderful country. it was considered to be the switzerland of the ME and my grandparents used to go skiing there...

too many factors messed up things there. the palestinians (with arafat) made it their home base after they were kicked out of jordan. then the civil war destroyed most of what was left there and israel had to take control of southern lebanon when it was used for terrorist activities in the 80's.

Syria has no business in lebanon, thats obvious but as some have mentioned here, these things need to be done in a smart way.
if they just pull out, in the resulting mess hezbollah might become the most powerful force there and compared to syria which sponsers terrorism, they ARE terrorism.

Democracy is blessed, but you must understand that in the ME, sometimes its very dangerous.
almost all arab countries (SH's Iraq, Jordan, and even Syria) are ruled by a minority. i'm not so sure that if Jordan and egypt were democratic, their peace with israel would exist.

Israel is not a player in the lebanese mess right now, but since hezbollah is at our border and it is armed to the teeth by iran and syria, everything that goes on there worries us.

lets hope they wont be dragged back to a bloody civil war.
and you are welcome to visit us (on a clear day you can actually see lebanon from 12,000 ft...)

O

"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero."