Reply #46: I agree. This looks like democracy in action whether we [View All]

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want to give Bush any credit or not.

That doesn't mean we are going to love the outcome. However, Lebanon has always been complex and hopefully a democratic state would, like ours, manage to balance the interests of its very diverse people.

One thing in Lebanon's favor: like all the states bordering the Mediterranean, it has a long history of commerce and trade and cultural exchange with Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor (ie, Turkey), as well as with its neighbors.

Hopefully this rich history and diversity of outlook will once again express itself in tolerance.