[tommix2]

Thank you Mike for posting the pictures and the quote of the day.

And he said, thank you, Mr. President, for staying focused on a country like Lebanon and insisting that Lebanon be allowed to have free elections.Lebanon used to be a peaceful, thriving,prosperous country before the Syrians took it over. I have friends who worked in Lebanon in those days and they loved it. It was a choice assignment in the fifties and sixties. Lebanon can now become,once again, the Switzerland of the Levant. That is thanks to President Bush's leadership.

[MJY1288]

Howdy tommix2, I agree 100%

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Hello Tommy

My youth leader at church went to work in the Lebanon in the 70s and like you said even then it was considered a plum appointment.

I wish I had paid more attention to what he actually did because I am sure I would have learned a lot and it would have been fascinating. I remember when he came back we had a lot of stories of his time there but not much about his actual work more about the Christian side of his time there and what work he managed in his spare time to do with the local community.

I wish now we as a group had asked more about his work he was the sort of man who would have enjoyed explaining it because the little he did talk about it now in retrospect was very interesting. He worked for the World Bank and it was quite a big appointment to do with agriculture as he was the Principle of Wye College near Ashford which is one of the major Agriculture colleges (universities in England).