Exactly NOT..The analogy about the abusive husband or wife have nothing to do with Internatinal Diplomatic Protocol. The absence of an embassy is not synonymous with absence of respect to sovereignty. Syria was invited to intervene on behalf of right wing Christians, by the then government of Lebanon, with U.N. and A.L. blessing. Why is it that Lebanon and Israel don’t exchange Embassies. Israel abused (and still does) Lebanese sovereignty for 22 years. They still violate Lebanon’s airspace and territorial waters at will, and still occupy the Shebaa farms.
Assuming that Hizballah is an extension of he Syrian presence, they are the party that prevented another civil war. They could have easily eradicated the government of Saniora, who was doing the bidding for Israeli/American plans for hegemony in the Region. They did not. And that is good enough proof that Syria and Hizballah are not abusive of Lebanon’s sovereignty. They are Lebanon’s protection from the sharks that are waiting for the opportunity to turn it into a base for Imperialist projects in the Middle East.
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