Waleed Jumblatt to Rumsfeld during their meeting last month at the Pentagon: “Sorry, I was a warlord. Now I’m a democrat…”
This was said when “old memories” were brought up between the two about how Jumblatt’s militia bombed the Beirut airport when Rumsfeld arrived as President Regan’s envoy during the Lebanese civil war.

جنبلاط اعتذر من رامسفيلد-- كنت أمير حرب وأنا الآن ديموقراطي

[Above: Photo I took of Monsieur Jumblatt in Cairo, during Arafat's funeral]


2 Responses to “جنبلاط اعتذر من رامسفيلد: كنت أمير حرب وأنا الآن ديموقراطي”  

  1. 1 ana

    When Jumblatt was in cairo for arafat’s funeral, he told a group of people around him that he came to “see for myself that he’s (arafat) dead.”

  2. 2 Amr Gharbeia

    Jumblatt never ceases to surprise me. A good warlord he was!




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