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2016-09-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2016-09-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

#1 A happy system of government for Lebanon is hard to envision. The only sensible one I can think of is return to the old Millet system. Each religious or ethnic group rules itself as it pleases. The central government only deals with matters and difficulties between members of different groups.
This worked under the Ottomans for centuries, because they (Janissaries) were outsiders not biased toward any side, and they were horribly brutal, so nobody ever wanted to have to deal with them.The same system lasted a thousand years in Egypt, under the Mamluks, until the French overthrew them.

Posted by Grins Snese4215 2016-09-05 12:22|| 2016-09-05 12:22|| Front Page Top

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