...Before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too...
hoped on Wednesday that the "spirit of forgiveness" would prevail, hinting that Lebanese politicians should not allow their rhetoric to go out of hands.
On the occasion of the International Day of Tolerance, Suleiman said in a statement that "honest and logical dialogue should be the only way to find a solution to problems."
Such dialogue keeps the nation away from the repercussions of turmoil abroad and helps consolidate stability and civil peace, the president said.
He hoped that "the spirit of forgiveness would prevail among everyone," urging the Lebanese to prevent the language of dialogue from becoming indecent.Suleiman's statement came two days after two prominent Lebanese politicians debating the unrest in Syria exchanged blows on live television.
The fight broke out in a debate between al-Mustaqbal
... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri...
movement official former MP Mustafa Alloush and the head of the Lebanese branch of Syria's ruling Baath party Fayez Shukur on a talkshow on MTV station late Monday.
Alloush called Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
a liar, at which point the two politicians traded insults and hurled glasses of water at each other. Shukur then picked up a chair and tried to hit Alloush with it.