http://www.eliedh.com/2007/08/18/the-sawfar-bridge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sawfar-bridge Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1 http://www.eliedh.com/2007/08/18/the-sawfar-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:26:07 +0000 http://www.eliedh.com/2007/08/18/the-sawfar-bridge/#comment-52 When it comes to the USA being a real partner in anything that has to do with Lebanon, they are usually at the end of line if in line at all. Before I moved back to Lebanon, I didn’t understand why all the hostile feelings that Lebanese had towards the US government. After being in Lebanon for a while I started to understand why. I wrote a long letter to the US ambassador in Lebanon (not the current ambassador) giving my view since I see a lot of the future generation in my store and the reaction when the US is mentioned. He actually replied which was a nice surprise however, the response was very short ” we need to work on the misunderstandings”.
So with this type of response and the actions taken by the US in the many years before now, it does not take a super brain to see that the US is not interested in getting in line to help Lebanese people. Yes they are verbally supporting the Siniora government, but even that seems to actually reduce Siniora’s popularity with the Lebanese people. The bridge mentioned in your article makes people curse Israel and even more the US, so by not repairing it soon they are making people hate them more and more. Instead of sending more “SMART BOMBS” to throw at the Lebanese maybe they can throw a few millions to repair the bridge. But I maybe wrong as usuall and it maybe just “MISUNDERSTANDING”

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