At least, not the way the MSM has been reporting it.
Either that, or this guy is lying... or both!!!!
"A look at Lebanon's new leader"
"by Firas Maksad | May 28, 2008
Firas Maksad is a Lebanon analyst and executive director of Lebanese Renaissance Foundation USA.
AS THE LEBANESE celebrate an end to a political crisis that stifled their country for 18 months and almost led them to civil war, many are left wondering about the implications of the accord reached between the Lebanese leaders in Doha. Did the Hezbollah-led opposition succeed in translating this month's military victory in Beirut into political gains? Is the Doha agreement a total capitulation for the pro-government coalition?
The answer from much of the Western media is a resounding yes, but take a closer look....
Someone already did.
OK. So we win either way, don't we?
Either the AmeriKan MSM has been misreporting and lying about Lebanon -- or not.
In either case, the LEBANESE PEOPLE HAVE WON!!!!
The primary loser, on the other hand, is not the pro-government coalition but Hezbollah ally General Michel Aoun....
The Israeli spin?!
Hard for me to look at the situation and see how the Usraeli-backed Saudi collaborators won anything here.
The expected reversal in Aoun's fortunes will no doubt constitute a political victory for the coalition and a net political loss for the opposition.
Who is this guy and WHO is he WORKING FOR, anyway?
Why am I smelling a STINK, readers?
Thus far he has inflicted great damage to the course charted by the Cedar Revolution by providing Hezbollah with Christian support and allowing it to present itself as a national opposition group rather than a Shia militant organization.
Yeah, this guy nothing more than a disinfo agent -- and here he is on the ops page of my Boston Globe!!!
Yeah, Aoun "allowed" Hezbollah to "present itself" as a "national opposition group" -- even though that is EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE!!!
THEY are the ones who DEFENDED LEBANON from Israel!!
Not the WEEPY TOOL of a Prime Minister the U.S. and its Saudi allies employ!!!!
By the same measure he has also rid the pro-government coalition of significant Christian support. This may no longer be the case in the coming months.
Yeah, but the US coalition was the winners and Hezbollah the losers.
This guys butt is working overtime cranking out the poop, huh, readers?
Should the agreement in Doha succeed in being more than just a temporary political Band-Aid, the United States and the international community need to reconsider their Lebanon policy....
Translation: International community = Israel!
And if not, we'll change the policy and go to war!!! Unreal!!
If the AGREEMENT SUCCEEDS, we won't like it!!!
Yeah, USrael is ALL ABOUT PEACE!!!
Yup, about as much as Saddam Hussein having WMD, that's how much USrael wants peace!
Suleiman is no pro-Western democrat, that's for sure.
Yeah, I KNOW!!!
"General Suleiman, 59, has won the trust of Hezbollah and the opposition in large measure through his cooperation with the militia since the 2006 war with Israel."
That's how I know YOU are LYING, bud!!!!
Yet he is set to emerge as a leading force within the influential Christian community and the only party capable of exerting added pressure on Hezbollah and other pro-Syrian and pro-Iranian groups.
Translation: He is a USraeli and Saudi agent!!!!
And if not, WAR, right, Israel?
Unless this guy is shoveling shit on the Boston Globe's op page.
Of course, that never happens, so.....
Furthermore as a military commander who successfully led a four-month war against an Al Qaeda-style group he enjoys the status of a war hero and is a product of Lebanon's only remaining viable institution, the national army.
Yeah, WHO WERE those guys, anyway?
Lebanon: Fatah Al Islam is the Mossad
Pfffffffftttttt!!!!
So let's see, Israel couldn't dislodge Hezbollah; then the USraeli- and Saudi-supported Sunni Fatah couldn't draw them into a civil war; and now, the March 14 puppets have failed in the latest attempt.
I count, one, two, three strikes!!!
You are OOOOUUUTTT, "Western"-backed coalition!!!!
Supporting Suleiman is not a sure bet, but under the circumstances it may be the best bet against what pundits are prematurely labeling as a resounding Hezbollah victory."
Actually, it is not a "premature" declaration as much as it is a MISREPRESENTATION!!!
The LEBANESE PEOPLE WON -- ALL of them!!!!
Israel's assassination attempt and invasion were forestalled -- at least, for now!