Of all the places in the world you ought not to go if you want to not be shot at, a war with 8 sides (Residual Lebanese govt. vs Palestinians vs. Israel vs Islamist Shia militias vs. non-Islamist Shia militias vs. Sunni militias vs Maronite militias vs Druze - with interference from Iran & Syria) at least 3 of whom hate /all/ the others, and /all/ of whom have a history of shooting at each other, is hardly at the top of the list.
If you go to where the vultures and the jackals are disputing over a corpse that isn't actually dead, you have yourself to blame if you get bitten.
So, I don't suppose you've heard about our more recent forays into the Balkans, Somalia, and Afghanistan....
--John Kelsey, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
