Defining the Hariri Left: "Having said that, I do not endorse by any means the calls for us to disengage from alliances with confessional groups (as I don’t like to use the term, with the value judgments that come with it), and I have no problem saying that we are allied to these confessional groups only in the independence struggle against Syria and its allies..." (Also, what on earth is "a senior PhD candidate in political science." I mean is there "minor PhD candidate in political science?) (thanks Pim)