Saturday January 22, 2011

Ive Been Thinking:

Walid Jumblat is leader of the Druze in Lebanon. Jumblat is a second generation king maker in Lebanese politics.

Yesterday Jumblat announced that he supports a new Hezbollah government in Lebanon.

The Druze community in Lebanon represents the key swing vote between the Christians, the Shiites and the Sunnis.

The primary reason for the tension between Jumblat and the entire Druze community and Hezbollah stems from the fact that Jumblat wanted Syria out of Lebanon and that sentiment pit him against Hezbollah.

Not six months ago Jumblat claimed that Hezbollah wants to kill him. Now comes this announcement. When Druze leader Jumblat announces support for Hezbollah something is very strange - Jumblat has been a sworn enemy of Hezbollah for years.

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