Robert Worth on Lebanon

The problem with foreign correspondents--East and West--is that sometimes they don't have enough knowledge to have perspective. I sometimes read in the Arabic press articles on Lyndon LaRouche--LaRouche for potato's sake. Today, there is an article in the New York Times by Worth on the Lebanese election. But it lacks perspective. I mean, there are 700 candidates in the election, and Worth features two: Ahmad Al-As`ad and Walid Ma`luf. He does not even know how insifnificant these two are. The former is a remnant of a dead Shi`ite fedual family (who had complained to me back in the 1980s that his dad killed his education although Worth made him "American-educated"), and Ma`luf is a third-rate tool of American neo-cons. The Lebanese press these days is full of articles and rich analysis of the Lebanese elections, and I am yet to read one word about Ma`luf who is seen as a right-wing Likudnik kook--which he is. But Worth made him appear as a prophet of integrity and honesty. (thanks Arun)