Najib Miqati: at the University of Chicago. Look at this version of his c.v.: on his Lebanese c.v., he talks about obtaining degrees from Harvard University, but this (presumably more reliable) version refers to visits to Harvard University. I mean, there is a really a good ice-cream store in Harvard Square, and Bertucci's Pizza is just off the square, but does that entitle one to claim that he had obtained degrees, as this man claims? But the c.v. is missing the crucial information that he built his company with the support of (and in association with) Syrian intelligence. But most hilarious was this: "Premier Mikati has been hailed in Lebanon and the Arab world as a seminal thinker and politician." This clearly was written by Miqati himself. "Hailed" as "a seminal thinker"? Miqati? "Hailed"? Are you kidding me? Hail a cab for him, send him off back to his homeland, and tell him to stop fabricating. "Seminal thinker"? Who wrote that? He is only hailed for robbing the Lebanese through his telecommunication company, and has been hailed as a business partner of Syrian intelligence. He also has been hailed for being an empty tool of his brother, Taha who runs him on behalf of Syrian intelligence. He is known for donating to Lebanese newspapers that highlight his "role." In fact, he is such a good fabricator that he deserves now to be featured on LBC-TV's From Lebanon segment. In fact, I ask my friends at the University of Chicago: did Miqati make a donation to the Harris School to get this invitation? But what is worse is this: this is the text of the vapid speech--which unfailingly cites that famous saying attributed to the late Pope, to the effect that Lebanon "is more than a country; it is a...potato." Lebanonese politicians like that saying for some reason. Yet, in the version that his media office distributed to Lebanese newspapers, Miqati ostensibly said things about "balance in US policy" that appear nowhere in the speech. Which is which, o Najib?