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US enlisting Lebanese aid against Syria, al-Qaeda
The United States has sought to bolster Lebanese security to battle Al Qaida as well as insurgents from neighboring Syria.
| Have we considered blowing up Emile?... No. I guess that wouldn't work. It'd counterbalance Hariri, wouldn't it? |
The Bush administration has sent a series of high-level officials to Beirut over the last few months to discuss U.S. training and equipment transfer to the Lebanese Army and security forces. Officials said the administration has sought to bolster the regime of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. "The Al Qaida network, for example, poses a threat to the security of both Lebanon and the United States," State Department counter-terrorism coordinator Henry Crumpton said. "If we can help Lebanon build its capacity to face Al Qaida threat, then it is in our interest -- and Lebanon's -- to do so."
| Ummm... Leb is a delicately balanced confection made up of competing oligarchies. If you upset the balance of power in any direction they'll start blowing each other up. Best to preserve them in amber and have a look at them once every hundred years. |
Crumpton began his visit to Lebanon on May 23 and met senior officials, including Siniora. He was the third senior U.S. official to visit Beirut and discuss the upgrading of Lebanese security.
| Which would seem to mean wresting it form the Syrian puppets who previously ran it and putting it in the hands of... ummm... our puppets. Who will them be car boomed. I think I'd go with the amber alternative. |
The other officials were Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen and Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kristen Silverberg.
| Never heard of any of them. |
Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-05-26 |
