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By: paul bass

paul bass — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:58:14 +0000

the importance of the jumblatt and the christian factions to israel and america is nothing to do with “fighting efficacy” or election numbers but rather it is to maintain the narrative about western enlightenment vs Muslim barbarians and so when ever the christians side against the us or israel its hard to blame the violence on “Muslim extremist”

” to confront Zionist projects that promise to be more dangerous and fiercer in the coming phase,””
indeed some one seem to be paying attention.

By: abraham

abraham — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:20:28 +0000

I’m not sure what you’re referring to, but the Druze are not very fearsome. It’s the Shia Muslims (i.e. Hizballah) that taught the Gimper a lesson.

Jumblatt is definitely a weathersock: he sells out to whomever seems to be the power brokers at any given moment. Not sure what a weathercock is but maybe it points in the direction of events that make the neocons horny?

By: Eugene Costa

Eugene Costa — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:51:50 +0000

As Ronald Reagan discovered, and as even the Right Wing Israelis well know, Druze, whatever they are, are no joke, nor is Jumblatt. As I said, he is an interesting semeion, or should one have put it more simply as weathercock instead?

By: abraham

abraham — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:42:30 +0000

Eugene, please, Jumblatt is considered a joke in the Arab world (outside the Druze community). The guy switches sides more times than he changes his underwear.

For the best coverage on this event, read the Angry Arab: angryarab.blogspot.com

By: Skulz Fontaine

Skulz Fontaine — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:07:25 +0000

Jumblatt is correct to maintain that Israel has “no interest in a peace settlement.” Israel under Bibi or Olmert, is about the ethnic extermination of Palestinians. Would seem that Jumblatt is quite cognizant of Israel’s using Lebanon as whipping boy for Israeli mood swings. For Jumblatt to pronounce solidarity with Hizbullah makes perfect sense.

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By: Eugene Costa

Eugene Costa — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:35:26 +0000

This is an extremely important event. Jumblatt is Druze, and one of the wiliest, most intelligent figures in the Near East. Aristotle distinguished deductive signs–tekmeria-which were always true and inductive signs–semeia–which were likely but not certain. For a Druze like Jumblatt to signal a change like this is a semeion that approaches a tekmerion, and signals a huge sea change going on under the radar. Thank you very much for posting this.

By: blowback

blowback — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:36:11 +0000

And Hariri will now have to accept that Hezbollah has a veto on anything concerning the Resistance. It wouldn’t surprise me if Jumblatt offerred to jump ship from March 14th to March 8th, but Nasrallah told him to stay where he is as Hezbollah does not want to be part of the government just as long as no-one messes with it!