Posted on 03/03/2005 2:42:35 AM PST by Stoat
| Russia cautiously supports Syrian pullout from Lebanon
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| By Yuval Stern and Nathan Gutman, Haaretz Correspondents and Reuters | ||||
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Pressure on Syria to withdraw from Lebanon increased on Thursday morning as Russia lent cautious support to the move. |
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In an interview published earlier this week, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he may pull the troops out in a few months. |
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| Lebanese youths waving flags during an anti-Syria demonstration in central Beirut on Wednesday. (AP) |
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Russia cautiously supports Syrian pullout from Southern Lebanon to relocate North of Lebanon? ^
I hope so, but I hope we're not just going to see another bloodbath between the various factions within a year or two. The last war was evil enough as is hardly unusual with civil wars. None of the contenders retained their honour.
No problem. Syrian troops will be replaced by the Americans and Israelis. Lebanon will return to its normal state when Americans were in Beirut and Israel occupied the south. Good plan!
People seem to forget that while "Lebanese" people have been around for thousands of years - "Lebanon" is an artifical nation. About 100 years ago when Christian Arabs from Lebanon came to North and South Americas to escape the Turks, they were classified and self identified as "Syrians".
I guess Russia didn't get the memo:
Syria insists on Lebanon troops presence
AP via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Posted on 03/03/2005 7:51:24 AM PST by Alex Marko
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1355057/posts
Will we call up the retired reserve to man this one?
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