tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post7479513353596087916..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: Think the US Presidential Election is Strange? Consider Lebanon After the ‘Aoun-Hariri DealUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-15142483372193690592016-10-29T04:28:02.715-04:002016-10-29T04:28:02.715-04:00For Editor Collins
How does the election or non-e...For Editor Collins<br /><br />How does the election or non-election of a President affect trash collection in Lebanon?<br /><br /><br />For Mr. Mack<br /><br />Interesting take from a former diplomat to see the striking of a political deal an act of cynicism. Could this be the restoration of the Lebanese system of "checks and balances"? A self-proclaimed pro Western PM and a pro Syrian President which maintain the delicate national balance required in Lebanaon. <br /><br />If Russia and the USA were to strike a deal on Syria, would that be an act of cynicism? Would it be mutual?Antun Sa'adanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-72698445648872803532016-10-28T17:27:42.799-04:002016-10-28T17:27:42.799-04:00You have got to love the Lebanese. Just when I tho...You have got to love the Lebanese. Just when I thought that electoral politics could not get more cynical than they are in the U.S. this year, the Lebanese prove that they are still without peer. David Macknoreply@blogger.com