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<P>I have a slight clarification on the following statement you made:</P>
<P>"My understanding is that none of the christians among you admires the phalangists or Michel Aoun. The judeo-christian alliances are common in history, but one should believe in, and work towards having a..."</P>
<P>For those that do not know, a lot of people admire Michel Aoun in Lebanon and abroad for various reasons, and thus was proven the case when around a quarter of a million people attended his return to Beirut on May 7th. What I wanted to clarify is that Michel Aoun did not work with Israel, and adamantly refused to do so during the War of Liberation against the Syrian army despite immanent defeat. Michel Aoun is also running on a secular platform in the coming elections.<BR><BR><BR></P><BR><BR><BR>>From: R//H <rhartm1@yahoo.com><BR>>To: Loai Naamani <loai@mit.edu><BR>>CC: "'LCM Events'" <lebanon-events@mit.edu><BR>>Subject: [LCM Events] Today's talk<BR>>Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 16:28:40 -0700 (PDT)<BR>><BR>><BR>> Loai,<BR>><BR>> The elderly lady with the green jacket is an<BR>>Armenian-Syrian professor
emerita of political science<BR>>at Simmons College. I was quite surprised that you<BR>>weren't prepared for her assumption that you're all<BR>>"christians from an extremist right-wing,<BR>>promoting..."<BR>><BR>> It seems as if time had stopped for her at some<BR>>point, or that she really is not aware of the change,<BR>>even though superficial and political for now, if<BR>>that's all they see in it.<BR>><BR>> You should contact her to tell her where you all<BR>>stand. My understanding is that none of the christians<BR>>among you admires the phalangists or Michel Aoun.<BR>>The judeo-christian alliances are common in history,<BR>>but one should believe in, and work towards having a<BR>>now politically-savvy Lebanese citizen who, as<BR>>sectarian as the Irish had been in this country, can<BR>>hope to participate
in power towards more honorable<BR>>goals.<BR>><BR>> The Arab Student Organization should have her contact<BR>>info, as she was recently invited by them to a<BR>>roundtable on Palestine.<BR>><BR>> What a beautiful generation you represent, all you<BR>>need is to thicken your skins to the political games.<BR>> --Randa<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>Yahoo! Mail<BR>>Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour:<BR>>http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html<BR>><BR>>_______________________________________________<BR>>Lebanon-Events mailing list<BR>>Lebanon-Events@mit.edu<BR>>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lebanon-events<BR></DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2728??PS=47575" target="_top">Find just what you're after with the new, more precise MSN Search - try it now!</a> </html>