And how did Lebanon get to be a place "teetering on the brink of religious hostilities with Israel"?
By Hezbollah coming in via Iran and killing Jews and Christians and destroying the only truly successful nation in the Middle East besides Israel.
Beirut, Lebanon was called "The Paris of the Middle East." It's where a young Osmam bin Laden went to party and vacation, as did much of the world. No one in their right mind does that today...all because of this "model" of "tolerance".
Either Fareed Zakaria is ignorant of recent history, or he is a liar and propagandist.
There is NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE for such ludicrous statements.
And the producers at CNN either know this full well or they completely incompetent at their jobs.
Does it matter? CNN is nothing but a cadre of skilled propagandists.