[jveritas]

One of the central questions will be what price Mr Aoun will place on bringing his bloc into the kind of national unity front that Mr Hariri has envisaged.

Eventually Aoun-Hariri will make a national alliance that will control over two thirds of the Parliament. It will be a great thing to rebuild a free Lebanon, take all Syria symbol out of power, and most importantly disarm terrorist group Hizballah.

So far out of 100 elected parliamentary seats in Lebanon 66 are anti-Syria and 34 were pro-Syria. In the last round next Sunday there are 28 seats in play, the anti-Syria parties are expected to get at least 25 seats. Hence these anti-Syria parties will have at least 91 seats from 128 seats in the Lebanese Parliament, more than the super majority of two thirds.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Eventually Aoun-Hariri will make a national alliance that will control over two thirds of the Parliament."

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From your lips to God's ear.

If 64 out of the 128 seats go to Christians, why do only 34 go to Maronites? I thought Maronites comprised the overwhelming majority of Lebanese Christians, with relatively small groups of Syrian uniates, Greek Catholics, East Orthodox, etc. (Then again, my greatgrandparents were Maronites from Lebanon and maybe I just assumed incorrectly.)

[mark502inf]

Maybe another Lebanese Christian general in the area will help in his campaign--General John Abizaid, the U.S. four-star general in charge of Central Command is the son of Lebanese Christian immigrants to America.

[Patrick_k]

" Eventually Aoun-Hariri will make a national alliance"

That is if Hariri would eventually joins rank with the agenda of Aoun. This agenda covers reconstruction and fighting corruption.

Aoun is asking for an independent audit into the lebanese government finances for the 15 past years. The "opposition" has formed a coalition from an all former pro-Syrian politicians to counter this audit. This audit would have a crystal clear result, that of unmasking to whose pockets went the $44 BN debt. Everybody in Lebanon would tell you that it went to the pockets of the Syrian Nomenklatura, the Syrian intelligence apparatus posted in Lebabon, and those same people who claim now they are anti-Syrian, but are joining ranks with Hariri. That brings up the question: Why was Rafic Hariri murdered? Not who murdered Rafic Hariri!