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"12/05/2008 Prominent American journalist and Director of the "Americans Concerned for Middle East Peace" institution Dr. Franklin Lamb labeled losers and winners in Lebanon in the wake of recent developments in the country.
Dr. Lamb said that "the main losers obviously are the Bush administration, Israel and their Welch Club allies. Personal losers are Amin Gemayel, barely still the "leader" of the Phalange Party, as he talks tough and tries to rally his 'forces'…from Paris. Samir Geagea has pretty much nudged him aside and is reportedly casting his dark gaze toward Saad Hariri who may be planning to retire from politics and help with the very big family business. After the parties meet with President Bush next week, a 'shaking out' process may begin.
Dr. Lamb added that "Walid Jumblatt is another loser since his provocations, taunts, and Welch Club cheerleader role to take on Hezbollah left him at its mercy both in the Mountains and in his Beirut home… asking the army to occupy and secure his Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) HQ."
Another loser, Dr. Lamb added is Fouad Saniora. "Prime Minister Fouad Saniora loses more of his waning influence and status. One of his main problems is that he is increasingly seen as a Bush administration puppet. Not least of his worries this morning, as he prepares to avoid being dumped by Bush next week, is the ringing endorsement he received yesterday from Secretary of State Rice, without bringing herself to mention Saniora by name," Dr. Lamb wrote.
On the other hand, Lamb determined the winners as follows: Lebanon's Christian population allied with General Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Hezbollah, Amal and their Sunni, Druze and international supporters. He described Hezbollah's Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's position as "the strongest it has ever been, not just in Lebanon but throughout the region". Lamb called on Hezbollah and its allies to prove what the ruling bloc has failed to prove. "Now Nasrallah has to prove that his side is ready, willing and able to live up to its own expectations…If Nasrallah is the man who makes this happen, history will judge his actions to have been a revolution, not a coup, and a long-overdue one at that."
"Now", Lamb concluded, "Nasrallah has to prove that his side is ready, willing and able to live up to its own expectations, and speed is of the essence -- If Nasrallah is the man who makes this happen, history will judge his actions to have been a revolution, not a coup."
In the mean time, British daily "The Independent" reporter Robert Fisk began his report with the expression "another American humiliation." He compared between Saniora's government and that of Iraqi PM Nuri el-Maliki's. "The cabinet of Fouad Saniora sits in the old Turkish Serail in Beirut, with the same authority as the Iraqi government in Baghdad's green zone", Fisk said."
"12/05/2008 Prominent American journalist and Director of the "Americans Concerned for Middle East Peace" institution Dr. Franklin Lamb labeled losers and winners in Lebanon in the wake of recent developments in the country.
Dr. Lamb said that "the main losers obviously are the Bush administration, Israel and their Welch Club allies. Personal losers are Amin Gemayel, barely still the "leader" of the Phalange Party, as he talks tough and tries to rally his 'forces'…from Paris. Samir Geagea has pretty much nudged him aside and is reportedly casting his dark gaze toward Saad Hariri who may be planning to retire from politics and help with the very big family business. After the parties meet with President Bush next week, a 'shaking out' process may begin.
Dr. Lamb added that "Walid Jumblatt is another loser since his provocations, taunts, and Welch Club cheerleader role to take on Hezbollah left him at its mercy both in the Mountains and in his Beirut home… asking the army to occupy and secure his Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) HQ."
Another loser, Dr. Lamb added is Fouad Saniora. "Prime Minister Fouad Saniora loses more of his waning influence and status. One of his main problems is that he is increasingly seen as a Bush administration puppet. Not least of his worries this morning, as he prepares to avoid being dumped by Bush next week, is the ringing endorsement he received yesterday from Secretary of State Rice, without bringing herself to mention Saniora by name," Dr. Lamb wrote.
On the other hand, Lamb determined the winners as follows: Lebanon's Christian population allied with General Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Hezbollah, Amal and their Sunni, Druze and international supporters. He described Hezbollah's Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's position as "the strongest it has ever been, not just in Lebanon but throughout the region". Lamb called on Hezbollah and its allies to prove what the ruling bloc has failed to prove. "Now Nasrallah has to prove that his side is ready, willing and able to live up to its own expectations…If Nasrallah is the man who makes this happen, history will judge his actions to have been a revolution, not a coup, and a long-overdue one at that."
"Now", Lamb concluded, "Nasrallah has to prove that his side is ready, willing and able to live up to its own expectations, and speed is of the essence -- If Nasrallah is the man who makes this happen, history will judge his actions to have been a revolution, not a coup."
In the mean time, British daily "The Independent" reporter Robert Fisk began his report with the expression "another American humiliation." He compared between Saniora's government and that of Iraqi PM Nuri el-Maliki's. "The cabinet of Fouad Saniora sits in the old Turkish Serail in Beirut, with the same authority as the Iraqi government in Baghdad's green zone", Fisk said."
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