Word: gemayel
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...Amin Gemayel: Syria says, ?We will withdraw when the Lebanese government asks us to withdraw.? On 1 September 1983, I sent a letter to then President Hafez Assad calling on the Syrian army to withdraw. Syria did not respond. The situation was more complex. We were in the middle of the Cold War and the Soviet Union was still there, with the balance of power. Maybe (U.S. support) was only words and good intentions. Everybody knows that the Syrian military presence in Lebanon had the blessing and the cover of the United States. It's very clear in the memoirs...
...Amin Gemayel: We don't know, and it's not a Lebanese concern. We don't have an interest in a strong confrontation between Washington and Syria. The Lebanese people are exhausted after 30 years of war, occupation, turmoil and chaos. I lost my brother, I lost my nephew, I lost my niece. All of them were assassinated during the war. Every family lost a lot. Enough bloodshed! Enough chaos! It is in the real interests of Syria to understand there is a new era, a new approach, and after 30 years of military presence in Lebanon it is time...
...Amin Gemayel: It is wise to raise this question but I have no answer. For sure the collapse of the Lebanese card will have dramatic effects on the regime in Syria...
...Amin Gemayel: This is a solution...
...Amin Gemayel: The U.N. Security Council should go all the way to implement Resolution 1559. They have the means. Where there is a will, there...