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Syriana was being estab-
Syria itself has become
lished.
defensive over its failure to
It now appears that bring tranquility to the na-
things are changing for the tion which it claims is its
Syrians. The failure of the "sister." On April 7, Damas-
Lausanne, Switzerland cus Radio noted that "voices
Lebanese reconciliation in Lebanon are heard
talks last month has left the ling on Syria to pay
Syrians holding the - price for abrogating tie
Lebanese bag — but unsure May 17 agreement and to
what to do with it.
enforce magical solutions
Tom Friedman, the Be- on the warring Lebanese
irut correspondent of the sides."
New York Times, quotes one
The broadcast said that
Lebanese Shiite leader on some Lebanese are suggest-
Syria's predicament. "There ing "that, like the United
is an old adage that you can States and Isarel, Syria has
pull something with a rope gone back on its pledges and
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but you can't push some- failed to deliver."
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thing with a rope. Well, the
Then the broadcast pro-
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Syrians now have a rope claims that Syria cannot
around most of Lebanon. bring peace to Lebanon be-
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including
17 accord (with Israel), they pendent, sovereign state .. .
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rians are always much bet- Lebanese national consen-
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solution! It is terribly ironic
but it is also tragic for
Lebanon.
There are those who
argue that Syria already
has everything it wants in
Lebanon. The New York
Times quotes Alfred Mady,
a leading member of the
Phalangist party in Leba-
non. He says that "all the
Syrians really need out of
Lebanon is to keep the coun-
try on a low boil. That way
all the Lebanese leaders
will continue running to
Damascus, but at the same
time the situation will be
under control enough '
allow the Syrians to
with their other important
regional interests. Lebanon
is a hobby for them."
Mady has a point. In gen-
eral, the Syrians prefer to
see the Middle Eastern pot
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Amin Gemayel to renege on
his pact with Israel. The
Americans were picking up
and pulling out. The Is-
raeli's were limiting their
activities to south Lebanon.
But Syria was holding firm
in its occupation of most of
the country.
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leader's were traipsing to
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