Thursday, August 17, 2006

A very highly-placed secular Lebanese (Sunni) sent me this from Beirut today:
"5 days into the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, senior members of the March 14 movement were convinced that the IDF was going to wipe Hezballah out, and reduce the Shia'as to their "historic" size in the Lebanese polity. In a nutshell, these were the days of "subdued" celebration, awaiting the "denouement."
Today, all those who hedged their bets on such an outcome are living in a state of severe anxiety. Evidence of conniving members are surfacing, many in "video and audio." The latest of which happened at a dinner at a restaurant in Faqra, where we have in image and sound, Mona Pharaon (wife of Minister and Beirut MP Michel Pharaon) raising her glass and toasting the "success of The Israeli army." ("Je bois a la sante de l'armee Israelienne")
Michel Pharaon is living in a state of utmost "discomfort" ... "