Aoun urges Trump to keep backing Lebanon to 'turn the page on wars'
On the occasion of America's 250th Independence Day, President Joseph Aoun sent a congratulatory telegram to U.S. President Donald Trump, wishing him and the American people "continued success, prosperity, and further progress."
In his telegram, Aoun stated: "There is no doubt that the relationship between Lebanon and the United States of America is ancient and deeply rooted, as old as the human and social principles and values that have united their visions."
"Today, this relationship is being revitalized thanks to your determination and tireless efforts to restore stability and security to the Middle East in general, and to Lebanon in particular," the president said.
"While we appreciate your efforts in this regard, we call upon you to continue your unwavering support for Lebanon's just and righteous causes, and for its institutions, army, and people, so that we may turn the page on wars, tragedies, and suffering, and open a new chapter of hope, peace and stability," Aoun went on to say.
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some more comedy from chrisrushlau.. a letter to the editor posted on the portland press herald website a while back. except that he's not trying to be funny but he thinks he's figured it all out. every "fact" a figment of his own autistic racist imagination. it's like watching a child explaining how santa claus can deliver all the gift in one night. you can tell he really wants to believe his own crap
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Letter to the editor:
Gaining civil rights for Shias should be top priority
Feb 5, 2015 in pressherald
Noam Chomsky says that Shias are the majority of Lebanon’s population, such that, if free elections were held
and if Shias threw all their support to Hezbollah, it could form the government entirely on its own. Yet Article
24 of the Lebanese Constitution reserves half of parliamentary seats for Christians, who number, by my own
guess, around a quarter of the population.
Here, in a nutshell, you have the Shia sense of grievance that makes Hezbollah so dynamic a force in politics,
and yet also the solution to two problems.
Hezbollah militancy and Lebanese political instability would both be ameliorated if Hezbollah put its main
effort into gaining civil rights and political representation for Lebanon’s Shias – and the U.S. could be on the
right side of history by aiding that cause.
So go ahead and tell me why not, please.
Christopher C. Rushlau
Portland
Law is the idea that things are what they are and by pretending otherwise you only make things worse.