[lbo-talk] Hezbollah Monkey Wrenches The Script

[Dennis Perrin]

> The official story is pretty ludicrous to anyone who knows anything about
> Lebanon. Far from some national uprising against Syrian occupation, it's
> basically a continuation of the civil war, with different ethnic 
> communities
> lining up on different sides. Granted, long-time opportunists like 
> Jumblatt
> (whose leftist Druze militias fought the Maronite Phalangists alongside
> Sunnis and Palestinians in the old days) are now alongside the Christians 
> on
> the anti-Syrian side, but it's still the case that Lebanon is a country
> sorely divided on communal lines, and there's really nothing more to this
> story. The Beirut "opposition" is not fighting for abstract "democracy," 
> but
> its constituent elements are fighting for their own particular communal
> interests.


> John Lacny

Quite right. I haven't yet read any of the blog skawkers on this, but my 
guess is that they'll cite the far larger (half a mil) number of pro-Syrian 
Lebanese who hit the streets to confirm that Tyranny has the advantage over 
the smaller (70K) turnout by the "opposition." In other words, the Cedar Rev 
will quickly become the Cedar Resistance -- from Voice of the People to 
besieged minority in 48 short hours!

DP