I cannot believe Robert Fisk: he is a different man when he writes about Hariri. Listen to him: "Hariri started to rebuild Beirut. It will be his new Beirut which will host next week's brave festivities..." Hariri did not "rebuild" Beirut. Beirut was rebuilt by poor Syrian construction workers, and future generation of Lebanese who will foot the bills of Hariri's ill-conceived plans. And the city is not "his." It belongs to its people: all the people, including the poor. Fisk is going to be speaking in California this month. Ask him about his love affair with Hariri.