April 13, 2007
INSUFFICIENTLY DIVIDED:
Lebanon Marks Civil War Anniversary (AP, 4/13/07)
Lebanon marks the anniversary of its civil war this week, a conflict that began three decades ago under circumstances that, to some, are starkly reminiscent of the political divisions and sectarian violence seen today.On April 13, 1975, an ambush by Christian gunmen of a busload of Palestinians sparked a civil war that lasted 15 years, killed 150,000 people and caused $25 billion in damage.
Marking this year's anniversary, the rusted bullet-scarred bus was displayed at a former crossing point on the line that separated Beirut's Christian and Muslim sectors during the war.
After thirty divisive years, how about dividing it into its constituent parts? As in Iraq, there's little chance of folks accepting Shi'a rule, so just let them have their own state. Posted by Orrin Judd at April 13, 2007 1:04 PM
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That would spoil the game. The game is to prosecute our uninished business Sun Tzu-style.
Try to look at the bright side. When it's all over, those people will have been gotten through their reformation more ligthtly than the Shintoists.
Posted by: Lou Gots at April 13, 2007 3:38 PM