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Under Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system, the country's president must be from the Maronite Christian minority.
The post of prime minister is always reserved for a Sunni Muslim, while that of parliament speaker goes to a Shia.
Hizballah, Iran, and Syria, have they wanted from Lebanon’s government: its surrender of sovereignty. They have veto power over the government; one-third of the countrys’ cabinet is theirs; election changes to ensure victory in the next balloting have been achieved; they will have their candidate installed as president.
That Suleiman is a Christian is a surprise, but it should be recalled that Tariq Aziz, Saddams’ foreign minister, on trial currently in Iraq, is a Christian. Dhimmi Christians have been used for centuries by Islamists...do not get your hopes up.
In what way will the country be pulled together? It has already come under Irans’ umbrella and is conquered. For the Middle East, it is 1938 and Czechoslovakia all over again with exclamation points.
Altering the Title to add this “(A Christian no less! )” is incredibly foolish, sublimely ridiculous, and makes FR look like a bunch of rubes.
ut htanks for posting the article, been waiting on news of the Lebanese meeting today.