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2005-02-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

France tells Syria to pull out troops from Lebanon

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Posted by Steve White 2005-02-13 1:02:01 AM|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 France used to control Lebanon and a lot of people there speak french.

Of course France's real power still is within spitting distance of zero.

Posted by mhw 2005-02-13 1:28:26 AM|| 2005-02-13 1:28:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Did I just see a winged porcine creature fly by my window?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-02-13 1:32:05 AM|| 2005-02-13 1:32:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Proving that my surpise meter works just fine.

Posted by 2b 2005-02-13 1:35:04 AM|| 2005-02-13 1:35:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 France used to control Lebanon and a lot of people there speak french.

They have my sympathies.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-13 3:51:35 AM|| 2005-02-13 3:51:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh, such Wicked & subtle Humor, Bomb-a-Rama. Ha! But, How True!

Heh! Heh!

Posted by leaddog2 2005-02-13 7:56:39 AM|| 2005-02-13 7:56:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Not so, Bombarama: Beirut in the 60s was a great place to be, with great food, nightclubs and beautiful women all over the place.

Posted by True German Ally 2005-02-13 8:28:41 AM|| 2005-02-13 8:28:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 TGA, are you saying that was a result of the French as opposed to the Lebanese? Anybody who was ruled by the frogs had to overcome a great impediment to achieve anything.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-02-13 8:51:46 AM|| 2005-02-13 8:51:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Don't be silly, being ruled by the Frogs was wonderful compared to being ruled by Arabs.

Posted by JFM 2005-02-13 10:02:31 AM|| 2005-02-13 10:02:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 JFM, you have a point :-)

TGA's right: Beirut was the "Paris of the Middle East" for its cosmopolitan beauty and ways. They had a lot of tension there (1958, anyone?), but having the Paleos move in set off the final wrecking of the country.

Let the French work to clean Lebanon out and rehabilitate it. It's about all the Froggies can handle :-)

Posted by Steve White 2005-02-13 12:24:53 PM|| 2005-02-13 12:24:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Pretty much any place the Paleos move into turns to a $%#@ hole. Have any guesses about how any Paleo state is going to look?

Lebanon would be fine if it kicked the Paleos out and killed off the Iranian wannabe trogs off.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-13 3:12:03 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-02-13 3:12:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 true SPOD - but nobody wants them

Posted by Frank G 2005-02-13 3:20:38 PM|| 2005-02-13 3:20:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Southern fried Mullah courtesy a hell fire missile.

Posted by legolas 2005-02-13 5:30:13 PM|| 2005-02-13 5:30:13 PM|| Front Page Top

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