Chameleon Phalangist leader, Karim Pakraduni, said on NBN-TV that the assassination of Pierre Gemayyel "had a huge impact in the US." Yeah. Very huge. But not as huge as when Ahmad Fatfat won his first parliamentary seat. Now that was HUGE. I remember people in the streets that day, linking arms across states. Lebanon, as the late Pope said, is more than a homeland...it is...a cucumber.