That was only two years ago. How could the Islamofascists have made such headway in such a short time? Sorry, but I'm seeing a huge failure of diplomacy . We needed to be in there propping up the new government with everything we had.
The picture you have posted says it all. A huge mosque hiding to its left a smaller Saint George Cathedral. You could not see the Cathedral because it is also hidden by the large yellowish commercial center.
Also read this:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=83313
It had been cooking in the decision making kitchen of the government for more than 6 months, the same government you “need to prop up”. Sure, the government then retracted, imploring an innocent error............. Message bluntly sent and well received.