Aoun: Syria Facing International Aggression, Not Internal Revolution

http://www.english.moqawama.org/essaydetails.php?eid=16966&cid=274  Local Editor Head of "Change and Reform" bloc MP Michel Aoun confirmed that "those who backed "Israel's" war on Lebanon in July 2006 are the same ones who are backing the inner war against Syria." In a speech delivered on the 23rd anniversary of "March 14", Aoun warned that "the violence in Syria would spill over to Lebanon," rejecting "the presence of what he called extremist (so-called blasphemes) on our border." "That's why we should think of good neighborliness and the neighborhood's security, as we can't live with extremist groups on our borders that are interacting with the Lebanese domestic scene," Aoun said. "When we first talked about Syria, we said that we support reform and that we do not want the presence of extremism on our border," he highlighted pointing out that "we can't accept the rise to power of certain people under the slogans of democracy and human rights." Stressing that what "Syria is facing an international aggression and not an internal revolution;" Aoun warned that "in the end there will be neither democracy nor human rights." "Let us suppose that the Syrian regime was ousted, what is the alternative in that case? Our safety is at stake and war will reach us. We do not want to close our eyes and say let the Muslim Brotherhood rule," Aoun added.