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Bush sees "Cedar Revolution" as his baby!

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Source: Al-Manar TV, 06-12-2008

Once again, US President George W. Bush praises the so-called the "Cedar Revolution," the movement that emerged following the assassination of Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and defined its main mission as leveling accusations against others, at the top of which comes Syria.

Once again, the outgoing US president interferes in Lebanese internal affairs without facing any opposition from the part of those who always raise the slogan of "Freedom, Sovereignty, and Independence."

Nothing is strange. Bush has actually declared that this "sovereign" movement was one of his "own achievements." Bush, who was speaking at a forum on the region, actually cited Lebanon's "Cedar Revolution," Libya's decision to halt its quest for nuclear weapons, increased enthusiasm for democratic reforms, and prosperity in places such as the United Arab Emirates, as his administration's achievements.

"Despite these frustrations and disappointments, the Middle East in 2008 is a freer, more hopeful, and more promising place than it was in 2001," said the US president. "There is now greater international consensus than at any point in recent memory" on the need to build an independent Palestinian state living side by side at peace with the Zionist entity, he said. "The regime in Iran is facing greater pressure from the international community than ever before. Terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda have failed decisively in their attempts to take over nations, and they are increasingly facing ideological rejection in the Arab world," he claimed.

But "there are still serious challenges facing the Middle East. Iran and Syria continue to sponsor (so-called) terror, Iran's uranium enrichment remains a major threat to peace, and many in the region still live under oppression," he said.

Bush also accused Iran and Syria of supporting terrorism, expressed frustration with the pace of democratic reforms in the Middle East, called the Iraq war "longer and more costly than expected" and said the "Israeli"-Palestinian conflict remained "the most vexing problem in the region."