Syria? You Want To Negotiate With Syria?
If you don't think Syria was involved in the murder of a prominent Lebanese anti-Syrian cabinet minister, you're dreaming. Pierre Gemayel was murdered in cold blood in Beirut just a short time ago. Hezbollah, closely tied to both Syria and Iran has openly promised to topple the Syrian Lebanese government. It would appear their masters have ordered them to start.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Prominent anti-Syrian Christian politician Pierre Gemayel was assassinated in a suburb of Beirut on Tuesday, his Phalange Party radio station and Lebanon's official news agency reported.
The slaying will certainly heighten political tensions in Lebanon, where the leading Muslim Shiite party Hezbollah has threatened to topple the government if it does not get a bigger say in Cabinet decision-making.
Gemayel was shot in his car in Jdeideh, a Christian neighborhood, his constituency on the northern edge of Beirut, witnesses said. A car rammed his vehicle from behind and then a gunman stepped out and shot him at point-blank range, they said.
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Gemayel, the minister of industry and son of former President Amin Gemayel, was a supporter of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority, which is locked in a power struggle with pro-Syrian factions led by Hezbollah.
Gemayel is the third prominent figure in Lebanon to be assassinated in the past two years. Former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Saad Hariri's father, was killed in a car bombing in February 2005, and lawmaker and newspaper manager Gibran Tueni was killed in a car bombing in December 2005.
And the "realists" want to talk to these people. In fact, already have started according to some reports. Maybe taking a look at the real reality instead of the one they've constructed in their heads would be a good idea.
UPDATE: From Beirut to the Beltway has running updates. The situation in Lebanon is deteriorating.
UPDATE: Lots of others:
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World news | Gaius Tuesday, 21 November , 2006
By Arlo, Tuesday, 21 November , 2006 @ 10:38 am
Yeah, its better that we stay stuck in Iraq @ $250 million a day forever.
By BubbaB, Tuesday, 21 November , 2006 @ 12:06 pm
Gaius: In your first paragraph, I think you meant that Hezbollah wants to topple Lebanon, not Syria.
By mokus, Tuesday, 21 November , 2006 @ 12:25 pm
When in Rome:
We should negotiate with Syria’s leaders in exactly the same way they negotiate with Lebanon’s leaders, only in a more broadly based and comprehensive manner.
By old_dawg, Tuesday, 21 November , 2006 @ 9:10 pm
I am all for negotiating with Syria. First, We drop a MOAB on a terrorist training camp - or an uncontrolled border crossing with Iraq. Next, we “invite” them to a heart-to-heart discussion over border control with Iraq.
Repeat as often as necessary to obtain a “consensus” with Syria about the solution to the problem.