Wednesday October 24, 2012

I've Been Thinking:

Lebanon is now experiencing the overflow of Syrian tensions. What is happening in Syria is happening in Lebanon now, but to a lesser extent.

Here is what is happening: In Tripoli four people were killed and dozens were wounded in a conflict between Sunnis and Alawites. That is an extract replica of Syrian tensions. Assad is an Alawite and his supporters are Alawites - but the rebels are Sunnis.

There's more: A senior intelligence officer was recently killed in Lebanon. Hezbollah has speculated that he was killed in order to spread the seeds of instability.

There is no doubt that the future of Lebanon is hanging in the balance and that both Syria and Iran have great influence over what happens there next. But so do Western forces - and so do Islamic forces.

Every group has special needs that they are imposing on the Lebanese people. Everyone wants what they want, and everyone is ignoring the obvious reality which is that the people of Lebanon need to learn to live harmonious lives together.

Lebanon has a history if civil war. When the different factions within Lebanon cannot work together they resort to fighting and killing each other. In Lebanon, history is repeating itself.

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