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Syria entered Lebanon in 1976 and caused all type of civil war in Lebanon by having factions fighting each other for 15 years. In 1991, Syria put a puppet government that oppresses the Lebanese people who are now revolting against the puppets and their masters. Syria is stealing over 50 cents for every dollar produced in Lebanon through extortion exercised by their horrible and oppressive secret services (AL Mukhabarat).

I lived for 22 years in Lebanon and during the civil war, please tell me about your extensive experience in the Lebanese affairs.

I have never seen a single American defending the Syrian terrorist regime and its brutal occupation in Lebanon except you. Even liberals do not dare to defend this Syrian Baath terrorist regime. When I said you have the most twisted logic on FR, I mean it.

Syria entered Lebanon and ended the civil war - then allowed for constitutionally structured representative democracy. Facts are facts.

You mean a puppet government? Yeah definently "free." Well now they are truley free. Nothing YOU can do about it but whine and make comical claims about Syria being a friendly nation.

When CNN went to Syria for a day last week they were assigned minders.

When the minders were present and cameras running the Syrians praised their government.

When the cameras were off and enterprising journalists managed to speak with the citizens privately, the citizens described their country as a dictatorship and spoke admiringly of the Lebanese protests.

I pray that in the not too distant future those Syrians are able to throw off their shackles, too.

Well if you are not knowledgeable in that matter, better ask someone, not the biased media. I'll try to be short in the explanation.
Think that in 1975, Henry Kissinger was in love with the personnality of Assad. It was a trend with that distorded mind to give away something he does not own to someone everybody hates. Lebanon was an example, at the same time East Timor was another one.
Syria has a long history in thinking that Lebanon is its backyard and that it is an ownership. In 1958, it took a president like Eisenhower to land the Marines in Lebanon at a time King Faysal of Irak was toppled by pan-arab units in the army, at the same time arms were flowing in Lebanon from Syria to arm the insurgency.
Starting 1965, Syria sent thousands of irregular palestinians to promote chaos in Lebanon. It peaked in 1973. In 1975, it was an open interference in Lebanese affairs, political and military. A pure blackmail operation, imposing political will in exchange of some short cease-fires. Take and ask for more, until it culminated on Oct. 13, 1990. Then George Bush gave the green light for the Syrians to take control of all Lebanon using their aviation, in exchange of the syrian cooperation in the Gulf War.
Syria played the pyromanical fireman since 1975.
Destro you are distorting History.