In the Mideast Monitor, here
"... While Hariri is known to have secretly encouraged outside pressure on Syrian leader Bashar Assad not to extend the presidential term of Emile Lahoud (his political archrival) in 2004, his aim was simply to win a greater share of the spoils within Syria's orbit ... Even after the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1559 calling for an unconditional Syrian withdrawal and began deliberating over how to implement it, the prime minister spent weeks trying to convince Assad to grant him a two-thirds veto-proof cabinet majority before eventually resigning. Being killed by the Syrians (presumably) does not retroactively make Hariri a "fierce opponent" of Syrian domination, even if his death inspired many others to demand an end to the occupation...."
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We always knew the the "Martyr" would've agreed to another 30 years of Syrian embezzlement and blackmail. On the eve of UNSC Res. 1559 he was merely negotiating for better terms. His legacy is that of a bunch of kooks who would trade Bashar's Syrian interference with that say, Rif'at?!
The man bled Lebanon when alive, and bleeds Lebanon still.
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