Comments on: WILL THE NEXT AMERICAN PRESIDENT BETRAY LEBANON? http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2008/04/27/will-the-next-american-president-betray-lebanon/ Politics served up with a smile... And a stilletto. Thu, 29 Oct 2020 22:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Surabaya Stew http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2008/04/27/will-the-next-american-president-betray-lebanon/comment-page-1/#comment-1471672 Surabaya Stew Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:50:07 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2008/04/27/will-the-next-american-president-betray-lebanon/#comment-1471672 The Second Betrayal of Lebanon? What does one call the 1982-83 intervention and withdrawal after the Beirut barracks bombing? Considering the 7 years of war that went on after we left, doesn't that count as a betrayal? (Not to mention to those 241 Servicemen who died?) The THIRD betrayal in a generation sadly seems more appropriate to me... The Second Betrayal of Lebanon? What does one call the 1982-83 intervention and withdrawal after the Beirut barracks bombing? Considering the 7 years of war that went on after we left, doesn’t that count as a betrayal? (Not to mention to those 241 Servicemen who died?) The THIRD betrayal in a generation sadly seems more appropriate to me…

]]> By: B.Poster http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2008/04/27/will-the-next-american-president-betray-lebanon/comment-page-1/#comment-1471544 B.Poster Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:24:28 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2008/04/27/will-the-next-american-president-betray-lebanon/#comment-1471544 Unfortunately there may be very little the US can actually do for Lebanon even if it wants to. The US faces a massive national debt, its Army is worn down almost to the breaking point from continued operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere around the world, and it currently must rely on others to supply much of its energy needs. The US has almost no leverage that it can use against Syria to get them to stop interfering in the affairs of Lebanon and I just don't envision the American people being willing to be dfawn into a fight with Syria over "freedom and independence." In addition to this, the American military will be withdrawn from Iraq in its entirety within the next year because the worn down Army cannot continue these operations for much longer. After this happens, the US will have even less leverage over Syria than the very little leverage it currently has. Unfortunately there may be very little the US can actually do for Lebanon even if it wants to. The US faces a massive national debt, its Army is worn down almost to the breaking point from continued operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere around the world, and it currently must rely on others to supply much of its energy needs. The US has almost no leverage that it can use against Syria to get them to stop interfering in the affairs of Lebanon and I just don’t envision the American people being willing to be dfawn into a fight with Syria over “freedom and independence.”

In addition to this, the American military will be withdrawn from Iraq in its entirety within the next year because the worn down Army cannot continue these operations for much longer. After this happens, the US will have even less leverage over Syria than the very little leverage it currently has.

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