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Submitted by Octavio Johanson (Italy), Feb 23, 2005 at 04:32

I don't know much about Lebanon's civil war and its current state of affairs. When I was living in London, I would buy The Independent each morning and, in front of a cup of coffee, read Robert Fisk's daily accounts on Lebanon.

Robert Fisk's accounts would be highly subjective, anti-Zionist and, at times, anti-Semitic. He would blame everything on Israel, especially Chabra and Chatila.

It was only when I came into contact with Daniel Pipes and his work that I started seeing things from a different, more sensible, balanced perspective.

Could it always be Israel's fault? Syria has been occupying Lebanon since a year before I was born. We cannot blame Sharon for what Syria has done in Lebanon.

And the Syrian occupation of Lebanon also justifies Israel's self-defence against a possible invasion.

Today, I no longer live in London and I have gone back to my country. I no longer sip cofee in front of Robert Fisk's most recent account on Israel's brutality in Lebanon and things start looking different.

Syria has been brutal in Lebanon and they would do the same things to the Israelis. Israel is entitled to fight back. And, as Daniel Pipes says, things have started to look up for Lebanon.
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Ask yourself these questions: [439 words]Ami WrightAug 23, 2006 01:1153804
Lebanon's Liberation Approaches [410 words]Anthony LetayfMar 20, 2005 20:5821081
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Excellent article [88 words]Neila Charchour HachichaFeb 23, 2005 20:1120499
No love for the Assad dynasty but-- [100 words]Peter J. HerzFeb 23, 2005 19:0420496
Lebanon is free, and Syria is out! [142 words]Octavio JohansonFeb 23, 2005 17:1120495
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"The Young Fart" [194 words]AlexFeb 22, 2005 22:2220473
Missing a dynasty. [10 words]
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StanFeb 22, 2005 20:2020471
The Lebanese-Syrian-Shia Iranian Hezbollah parasite ... [33 words]vaughan davidson cpaFeb 22, 2005 19:1220469
A perceptive assessment of the current Al Assad blunders [86 words]David HarariFeb 22, 2005 18:0620468
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