Travelling France

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"The United States and France have reached a deal on a Lebanon resolution for consideration by the United Nations Security Council, French and US diplomats confirmed Saturday." I din’t know France was involved … Unless they provided more missiles ! —-== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com – Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==—- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups —-= East and West-Coast Server Farms – Total Privacy via Encryption =—-

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> "The United States and France have reached a deal on a Lebanon > resolution for consideration by the United Nations Security Council, > French and US diplomats confirmed Saturday." > I din’t know France was involved … Unless they provided > more missiles ! > —-== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com – Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==—- > http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups > —-= East and West-Coast Server Farms – Total Privacy via Encryption =—-

Why involve the French???? Try experience. Better yet try learning from their experience. Lebanon became part of numerous succeeding empires, among them Syrian, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Crusader, and Ottoman. Lebanon was part of the Ottoman Empire for over 400 years, but following World War I, the area became a part of the Syrian Mandate of France. France subsequently carved Syria into several ethnic enclaves, Lebanon being the largely Christian area. It also included areas containing many Muslims and Druzes. The French Mandate of Syria was a League of Nations Mandate created after the First World War when the Ottoman Empire was split by the Treaty of Versailles. Four mandate territories were created, with the rest of the territory placed under monarchies. The British controlled the Mandates of Palestine and Iraq, while the French controlled the Mandates of Lebanon and Syria. France and Syria signed a Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence in 1936, but the Mandate continued because France failed to ratify the document. Syria again declared its independence, this time from Vichy France in 1944. [edit] History Following the Sanremo conference and the defeat of King Faisal’s short-lived monarchy at the Battle of Maysalun, the French under General Henri Gouraud subdivided their new mandate of Syria into five states. They were the states of Damascus, Aleppo, Alaouites, Jebel Druze, and Alexandretta (modern-day Hatay). In June, 1922, France established a loose federation between four of the states:Damascus, Aleppo, Alaouites, and Jebel Druze. On December 1, 1924, France united the states of Aleppo and Damascus into the state of Syria, adopting the federal flag (green-white-green with French canton). Jebel Druze was incorporated into the Syrian republic in 1936, and Alaouites in 1937. Alexandretta (Hatay) was handed over to Turkey by the French in 1939 after complaints by Ataturk about the alleged mistreatment of the Turkish population. Syria has not recognized the incorporation of Hatay within Turkey and the issue has been a source of some tension between the two countries. Alaouites Alaouites, or the Alawite State, was a French mandate in the coastal area of present-day Syria after World War I. It was renamed Latakia in 1930 and became part of Syria in 1937. Population was 278,000 in 1930, mostly belonging to the Alawite sect of Shi’a Islam. The collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the war brought on a scramble to take control of various provinces of the empire. France occupied Syria in 1918, and received it as a mandate from the League of Nations on September 2, 1920. Initially it was an autonomous territory under French rule, then declared a state September 29, 1923, with the port city of Latakia as its capital. The country gained independence in 1943, while France was occupied by Germany. The last French troops withdrew in 1946. Lebanon’s unwritten National Pact of 1943 required that its president be a Christian and its prime minister be a Muslim. Lebanon’s history since independence has been marked by alternating periods of political stability and turmoil (including a civil conflict in 1958) interspersed with prosperity built on Beirut’s position as a regional center for finance and trade. The National Pact is an unwritten agreement that laid the foundation of Lebanon and has shaped the country to this day. Following negotiations between the Shi’ite, Sunni, and Maronite leaderships, the National Pact was born in the summer of 1943 allowing Lebanon to be independent. Among the following key points of the agreement are: the Maronites to not seek foreign intervention and accept Lebanon as an "Arab" country, instead of a "Western" one. the Muslims (Shi’ites and Sunnis) to abandon their aspirations to unite with Syria the President of the Republic to always be a Maronite. the President of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) to always be a Sunni. the President of the National Assembly to always be a Shi’ite. Parliament members to be in a ratio of 6:5 in favour of Christians to Muslims. The last point was to be a contentious issue, especially in the Lebanese Civil War, where demographic changes in the 1970s resulted in Maronites making up approximately one-third of the population (compared to 51% in the 1932 census) and the other two-thirds made up of mostly Muslims. As well, Shi’ites as part of this demographic change turned into the largest religious community. This resulted in Maronites having a disproportionate share of the government, which was the main issue in the Lebanese Civil War. so todays events derived froms the result "French Mandate of Syria" As Condi said, "When will we learn?" truly.

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> Why involve the French???? Try experience. Better yet try learning from > their experience.

Oh yea !  What happens when two outside parties intervene:   "France and the United States had drafted a U.N. resolution to bring an end to the   fighting but are now considering changes to overcome Arab criticism that it   favors Israel.   The existing draft would allow Israeli soldiers to stay in the south until an   international force deploys. It calls for a "full cessation of hostilities" and says   Hizbollah must stop all attacks while Israel must halt "offensive military operations." The reply ? .. The Lebanon government wants no UN farce .. it’s military is going to protect Israel ’s boarder with the great talent it has shown  over the past years you bet ! . And Hizbollah can keep the rockets as long as they point in a safe, down range target. Long term results are pretty clear: Signs are already going up in Southern Lebanon for newly expanded Israel homeland homes, shopping centers and gun ranges. *Inlaws that never leave*

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