BEIRUT -- Anti-Syrian Christian leader Samir Geagea dismissed Hezbollah's claims of victory in its war with Israel as tens of thousands of his supporters rallied Sunday in a show of strength that highlighted Lebanon's sharp divisions.
The rally north of Beirut came two days after one by Shiite Muslim Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah that attracted hundreds of thousands. The two sides have been at odds over the future of the Lebanese government since this summer's Israel-Hezbollah war. Geagea backs the Western-leaning government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Geagea scoffed at Nasrallah's declaration that his guerrillas achieved "a victory." "I don't feel victory because the majority of the Lebanese people do not feel victory," he said. "Rather, they feel that a major catastrophe had befallen them." The war killed hundreds of Lebanese civilians and caused billions of dollars in damage. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/24/AR2006092400987.html On 9/22/06, Gruss Gott wrote: > That's pretty myopic. To arabs, and most of the World for that > matter, this was a David vs. Goliath and David won. > > The question is not what did Hezbollah lose, but what did Israel gain? > Nothing. They lost. If you have to wonder if you won, you lost. > > And even if some agree with you, the entire Arab world agrees with me > and thus the victory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:215963 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
