What is behind the US Military Intervention in Lebanon?
The US decision to send the destroyer Cole to Lebanese waters attracted the attention of analysts in Lebanon who linked this to the background of the Lebanese crisis and the gravitations, which are linked to it on the level of the area in the eve of the Arab summit, which is scheduled to be held in Damascus: 1. A Direct US linking of the military step to condensing pressures on Syria to force it to interfere in Lebanon to force the opposition to accept the conditions of the loyalists. 2. Some sources linked the US step to the Israeli preparations for launching war on Lebanon and to offering help in the stage of the landing whose scenarios were already conducted in order to disperse the force of Hezbollah and Syria in any imminent war. 3. Sending a strong message of support to al-Siniora government and to the loyalists. Some sources said that Saudi foreign minister Saud Al-Faisal demanded during his recent visit to the US a direct US message of force to Syria. 4. Some experts said that
