Lebanon, the Imaginary Nation
By Alan Caruba

To understand the Lebanese situation, it helps to know that, despite a history that dates back to biblical times, modern Lebanon was literally the invention of Western powers, England and France, after WWI. It became independent of France in the early 1940s and was later destroyed by the Palestinians and occupied by Syria. Now Lebanon is nothing more than the tool of Iranians who are busy preparing their own people for a war with the Israelis, the British, and the Americans. And how long are we going to wait around until they achieve that?