Andrew Lee Butter, in TIME, here
".....Jumblatt, a top American ally, is under virtual house arrest. After the lightning speed with which opposition Hizballah fighters defeated government supporters in a six hour battle on Thursday — only to vanish a few hours later......"I am a hostage now in my home in Beirut," he said over the telephone to his rival Nabih Berri, ...."Tell [Hizballah leader] Sayeed Hassan Nasrallah I lost the battle and he wins. So let's sit and talk to reach a compromise. All that I ask is your protection.".....
.... Jumblatt is quickly coming to grips with the new political landscape. "The U.S. has failed in Lebanon and they have to admit it,"
4 comments:
YA HARAM,
It's OK ya mister Jumblatt, we will not feel sorry for you being a hostage for few days. Remember you made the whole Lebanon a hostage for 15 years - you made a whole generation your hostage. Yalla stop wining .
Is true that PSP won a battle with HA in Tomat Niha?
I noticed a Good cop/Bad cop maneuver played by Talal Erslan and Wi2am Wahhab on the shrinking corpse of Jumblat. Only to add more confusion to his state of mind.
They twisted his arm quite strongly the last couple of days, but i do believe that he still has a role to play in the next scene. Especially that he still represents a majority amongst Druze.
The most important thing that happened, i believe that his hegemonic rule of the Shouf through a complex web of armed militia and landlord mentality took a serious blow.
Niha:
http://friday-lunch-club.blogspot.com/2008/05/bush-pledges-support-for-lebanese-army.html
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