Lebanon’s Agony

It was just a short while ago that Nancy Pelosi made her pilgrimage to Damascus to shake Bashar Assad's hand and proclaim her version of US foreign policy. There, she defined the world as she thought it should be, not as it really is. Well, reality struck again yesterday. One of Lebanon's fiercely anti-Syrian politicians was assassinated by bomb. The use of bombs as assassination weapons is a hallmark of Syria. So Pelosi's new friend appears to have killed off yet another member of the Lebanese government. And Hussain Abdul-Hussain has had enough.

A bomb in Beirut yesterday killed Walid Eido, a member of the Lebanese parliament, and his son, Khaled, one of the smartest, sweetest and most delightful friends I have ever had.

I should wait for the results of an investigation into the explosion to learn who killed Khaled and his dad. But I will not wait. I am tired of the murders in Lebanon. I accuse the Syrian regime, headed by President Bashar al-Assad, of killing Khaled. As a friend of the family, I want to press charges against Assad and his Syrian and Lebanese associates. Enough is enough with the Syrian regime and its Lebanese puppets.

Walid Eido was a member of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority. Before his untimely death, the majority bloc comprised 69 of the legislature's 128 members. Now, the majority's margin has been narrowed to five, and there is no reason to believe that Syria will not go after these people and kill them, one after another, until it forces the government to collapse.

For the past few months Eido had been the target of a demonizing campaign by Syria's foremost ally, Hezbollah. Similar Hezbollah campaigns against other anti-Syrian lawmakers preceded their assassinations.

Hezbollah has been a supportive partner to Syria, often thanking the Assad regime for what it has "offered" my country. In truth, Hezbollah has sold out Lebanon's national interests to the regional autocrats of Syria and Iran.

Hezbollah might not have started the streak of assassinations of anti-Syrian Lebanese politicians that began with the killing of former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri in February 2005, but the militant group has certainly been complicit with the criminal Syrian regime.

The author goes on to list those who have been assassinated - it's a rather long list, mind you. And Syria and Hezbollah show no signs of letting up on their campaign. He also is risking his life in telling the truth here, increasing the likelihood that he will be met with a car bomb when he visits Lebanon. The agony in Lebanon goes on daily while the West ignores it.

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  By Jess, Thursday, 14 June , 2007 @ 9:42 am

  Maybe someone in Jerusalem should sneeze in that direction… About the only time there is coverage of anything bad happening in Lebanon is when the Israelis or Americans are involved.

  Now that I think about it, if that works, maybe they could sneeze in the direction of Darfur while they’re at it.

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