Another Assassination

Phalange MP Antoine Ghanem was assassinated today in Sin el Fil, just days before Parliament is set to elect a new Lebanese president.

The Syrians and their proxies have spoken: they will accept no president they do not appoint.

Should Phalange leader Amin Gemayel be elected president, he will suffer the same fate as his assassinated colleague, as his assassinated brother, and as Lebanese President Rene Muawad, who was assassinated shortly after his election in 1989.

The pro-Syrian opposition claims that it wants a consensus president, but simultaneously it continues to present Michel Aoun as their candidate, someone the majority will not accept (ie, not a consensus candidate).

It is Michel Aoun's turn to speak out and contend that he does not want to be elected president by a crippled parliament. He should stand up for his assassinated colleagues. Obviously, he won't, and hopefully, he will feel the heavy hand of the US Treasury Department.

Syria and its cronies will not allow freedom in Lebanon.