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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
1) I pointed out that a large number of the anti-US marchers yesterday in Beirut were Palestinian refugees. I neither argued for or against their right to the Lebanese franchise.
2) I have stated on numerous occasions that many of these "Palestinian" arabs should perhaps relocate to Jordan, rather than wallow away in refugee camps, as this was - in overly simplistic terms - the country that was established for them.
3) I don't know exactly what you think I am otherwise "suggesting"
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I heard you saying that Palestinian refugees in Lebanon should be sent to Jordan. I don't know why they'd want to go to Jordan, if that's not where they're from. They've been living in Lebanon for a long time, and it's too bad that the Christian government has kept them in camps instead of permitting them to assimilate, like Christian immigrants have.
You didn't say anything about the Lebanese franchise. I did. I keep pointing out that all you conservative small-d democrats don't seem to have a problem with the fact that Lebanon's political structure gives the Christians and Druze factions disproportionately more clout, and the Shiites disproportionately less clout. The "pro-democracy" protestors are the beneficiaries of this imbalance. So you can understand why Hezbollah might like having Syria present as a counterweight.
