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Monday, July 31, 2006

Ralph Nader

Jeddah - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | July 20

Lebanon will have to face the real issue after the end of this nightmare. The reality will show that up to this day, half of the vital infrastructures are destroyed, in addition to a demographical problem after the emigration of more than half million Lebanese.
Long term plans should be set as soon as possible, leaving politicians to work on stopping the attacks while investors draw a reconstruction plan, working in parallel will lift Lebanon faster to regain its economical status in the Middle East.
With its already $40 Billion public debt, Lebanese government can no longer allow reconstruction expenses; European and Arab countries should get involved in this reconstruction plan, by giving damaged bridges to Germany, airport to France or Holland, houses to Arab countries (specially that this is an opportunity to construct new organized buildings after the chaos that was ruling in the southern suburb of Beirut).
Finally, this is no longer a war against Hezbollah or a military action in order to get back kidnapped soldiers, it's a total destruction of the Lebanese economy for the next 5 years, a booming economy that Israel always feared.
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