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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

The Modern History of Lebanon in One Headline

From tomorrow morning's Beirut Daily Star: Local Politicians Await Outcome of Saudi-Syrian Summit.

Waiting to find out what Lebanon's next government will look like. Waiting on the neighbors to decide. The Modern History of Lebanon in one headline.

1 comment:

David Mack said...

Poor Lebanon. It's own political leaders repeatedly seek foreign support for their respective positions in Lebanese politics and then blame the results on foreign intervention.