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Opposition gains electoral ground

Is Lebanon a nation-state or merely a pawn in the hands of Washington & Damascus? These questions are bound to be asked about a nation, which despite being subjected to regular wars, has refused to mature. Yes, maturity has eluded the nation divided on sectarian lines, between the Muslims and the Christians. This divide was much too visible in the recently concluded elections in Metn, Lebanon.

A rather newcomer to the game of politics, Kamil Khoury (supported by former General Michel Aoun), the Opposition candidate, was able to defeat the government backed Amin Gemayel, the former President (1982-88) & the father of slain Member of Parliament Pierre Gemayel. Amin’s party which holds Syria responsible for the murder of his son warned the Opposition during the elections that “Metn will never be a suburb of Damascus”. Retorting against the allegations of the murder and launching a frontal attack against Gemayel, Gen. Anon had said that these are “windmills of lies… “I will not call them sons of snakes, but sons of rumours & rumours are like a rootless weed. Once you pluck it out, it dies.’’ That the Opposition candidate was backed by none other than the former army commander Aoun, has irked the pro-Washington government, and the US backed Christian lobby. The question, which many Western analysts are asking is, how could a Christian (Gen. Michel) support the Hezbollah & Syria backed candidate?

It is no hidden fact that the US has been diligently trying to undermine the Syrian hold over the nation. And by trying to obliterate the Syrian impact from Lebanese psyche, the US & Israel are doing a disservice to global peace and stability. If the US continues to force a change of heart in Lebanon, merely to fulfill its own & of course, the Israeli vested interest, then all that the world will get is far greater instability & bloodbath, generating a fresh breeding ground for terrorism.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

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