Read here and the Q & A, here, and as one of the readers pointed out, Feltman came very close to calling some members of the M14 hodgepodge "corrupt"!
FELTMAN: "Hizbullah's popular support is real. We need to take this into our calculations...Take Michel Aoun [Hizbullah 's chief Christian ally and only announced candidate for president]. He's a most interesting figure here. We have serious reservations about Aoun's providing a Christian facade for Hizbullah's attempts to undermine the Constitution.
NEWSWEEK: Some media in Lebanon accuse you of wanting precisely that—saying you go about from ministry to ministry giving instructions, and otherwise interfering.
FELTMAN: Well, I don't know if you speak Arabic. But Al-Akhbar [a pro-Hizbullah paper] translates, in English, as "The News." Now: Al-Akhbar has no akhbar. [Laughs.] ...
FELTMAN: Well, I don't know if you speak Arabic. But Al-Akhbar [a pro-Hizbullah paper] translates, in English, as "The News." Now: Al-Akhbar has no akhbar. [Laughs.] ...
FELTMAN: I suspect our views on reform and transparency coincide with Aoun's views. In short, I don't suspect all the alliances to be the same after the presidential election as they are today. Some of the people we are working most closely with on promoting an international tribunal to try those accused of Rafik Hariri's murder may not be comfortable with these other reforms. I'm probably making too many headlines, though. [Laughs.]
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This is an amazing site GPC!!
Very little, if any Gulf Oil, comes to North America. But Oil is so fungible that any tightening of the supply impacts American prices.
Likewise, a little known fact is that Alaskan oil goes to Asia. The U.S. foreign oil supply comes from Canada, Mexico, and Venezula.
The Persian Gulf is important for recycled Petrodollars. God Help us if they choose Eurodollars. Some think Saddam was overthrown b/c he made a move toward the Euro.
Dude you missed the line that makes a better headline: Feltman Admits that March 14 are corrupt!
Page 2:"people we are working most closely with on promoting an international tribunal..... may not be comfortable with these other reforms. I'm probably making too many headlines, though."
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