Ousted Lebanese Leader Swallows Rivals’ Bitter Pill

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/world/middleeast/26lebanon.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=ousted%20Lebanese%20leader%20swallows%20rivals'%20bitter%20pill&st=cse

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From: barry levine 
Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 7:58 AM
Subject: re: Ousted Lebanese Leader Swallows Rivals’ Bitter Pill
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To the Editor:

  In the Byzantine game of Lebanese politics, Walid Jumblatt's candor is bracing. He alone acknowledges that he does what he does in the pursuit of "stability at the expense of justice". Anyone who has read U.S. history knows what a poor gamble he is taking. We followed his logic in backing Marcos in the Philippines, the Shah in Iran...the reader can extend the list. In each case the people eventually demand justice and the blood of those who backed their oppressors.

Barry Levine