Political Unease Quotes
Syria and its Terrorist Lebanon Proxy Hezbollah were trying to control Lebanon. Syrian troops had been stationed in Lebanon at the request of Hezbollah , which had a narrow plurality in the parliament but did not control the Lebanese Army. Most Lebanese who were not Hezbollah supporters opposed their Islamic fundamentalist approach and their denial of any rights to Christians, Jews, Druse or other minority communities which and been a part of Lebanon long before Hezbollah even existed. They also resented Syrian troops occupying Lebanese soil and intimidating the politicians. This letter started a groundswell to end the Syrian occupation. Gebran Tueni became the de facto leader opposing Syrian occupation. Syria then instructed Hezbollah to assassinate Tueni which they did in 2005. It took another 5 years for the United Nations investigation found that it was Hezbollah operatives that were the assassins.
