Publié par Dreuz Info le 4 septembre 2008


THE DAILY STAR,  Lebanon,  4 September 2008,  “Beware,  the Friends of Bashar are here”,  by Michael Young,  Opinion Editor.  “Sarkozy has proven to be the most destructive of opportunists here.  After having negotiated a mediocre agreement in Georgia that allowed Russia to pursue its military actions there under the guise of defensive measures,  yesterday in Damascus the French president waded into the Shebaa Farms imbroglio,  with the same ostentation and shallowness.  Sarkozy’s true purpose was plain on Tuesday September 2nd when he declared that peace in the Middle East went through France and Syria,  and that his aim was to see Syria regaining its place in the concert of nations.  Months ago,  after lebanese president Michel Sleiman’s election,  the French set some conditions for their opening to Syria,  particularly the establishment of diplomatic relations between Damascus and Beirut.  We’re still waiting.  This was largely a pretense.  Sarkozy never had any intention of turning those conditions into obstacles blocking French overtures to Bashar Assad,  because he is so keen to fill some role in Arab-Israeli peacemaking.  Lebanon is an irritant on that front.  The Syrians want their peace talks with Israel to be a highway to Washington.  Sarkozy is willing to broker that rapprochement if France is given a seat at the negotiating table too.  However Syria will only play seriously on the peace front if it can reimpose its hegemony over Lebanon”.

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