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| Lebanon's Aoun Must Denounce His Agreement with Hezbollah |
| 2007-10-28 |
| General Michel Aoun, the former prime minister of Lebanon who is now seeking its presidency, must first denounce his agreement with Hezbollah to be able to move back under the umbrella of the Cedars Revolution. Anything below that is just a tactical dance going no where. Many recent claims made by the General on Lebanon’s NBN Television need to be responded to. For example, he said that no one paid the price he and Hezbollah paid for the sovereignty of Lebanon. Yet while the Lebanese people certainly value the sacrifices of the Lebanese soldiers and officers who died or were wounded in the battles against the Syrian occupation army, an agreement with Hezbollah is not a logical step in the same direction, for Hezbollah and the Syrian occupation have had – and continue to have – a joint war room. Aoun claimed the United States was against him and that it was meddling in the way the Lebanese ought to elect their president. Perhaps General Aoun doesn't understand what drives Washington in Lebanon and worldwide: it is the war on terror. America will not support any president, elected either with two thirds or with just 51%, if he or she has an agreement with an organization on the U.S. terror list. And if the Parliament elects a president committed to the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559 and the campaign against terror, he or she will be supported regardless of the constitutional process. The general also said he has the support of the people, but that support was given based on a program that was negated by the general. So after the agreement with Hezbollah, Michel Aoun doesn't have a mandate from the voters, and any non-democratic action against a president elected by simple majority will be considered as a coup – not the other way around. |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #1 Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas, and all that... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-10-28 09:05 |