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2006-02-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2006-02-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Lawzy, what a mish-mash mess 'o lies and bullshit. Ol' Zeina and the Jordanians don't really buy any of this, do they? Surely this is meant solely for foreign consumption.

Almost every sentence contains a bona-fide howler - or two, lol.

This may be the only sentence that is actually non-tongue-cheek true:
"The Lebanese army of about 70,000 troops with a modest arsenal couldn't move against Hizbollah for fear it would split along sectarian lines as happened in the civil war."

Most everything else expects the reader to be completely stupid -- or a *wink-wink-nudge-nudge* symp.

Hit about 9.8 on my TFBS* Meter.

*TFBS = Total Fucking Bullshit

Posted by .com 2006-02-14 05:06|| 2006-02-14 05:06|| Front Page Top

#2 There are two options. Either force Hizbullah to fully integrate into the Lebanese military, or force them to disarm at the point of a bayonet. Most likely the latter one.

However, from there, unless they show loyalty, they no longer have a seat at the table. This means giving them the option of expulsion to Syria, Gaza or Iran.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-14 13:03|| 2006-02-14 13:03|| Front Page Top

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