Iran Incites Cold War With U.S. in Lebanon Stalemate

Jeanine Zacharia writes in Bloomberg, here

Mouafac Harb, a Beirut-based Lebanese-American political consultant (emerging from obscurity & a 'financial misappropriation' debacle in Washington,) said that ....Syria and Hezbollah ``are all Iranian cards in the cold war with the U.S.,'' ...

".....To combat Iranian and Syrian influence in Lebanon, the U.S. has made some unusual allies. One is Samir Geagea, a Maronite Christian aligned with Siniora who was sentenced to death for crimes committed during Lebanon's civil war and later pardoned. He now runs Lebanese Forces, a party with its roots in the militia he headed. Last month, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice welcomed Geagea in Washington....