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..O. 1255: DECL: CADE

TACS: EPEL, MOPS, PGOV, LE, SY, IS, US, OVIP (RUNISFELL)
SUBJECT: RUNISFELD MISSION: MEETIt\ AILE DEFENSE
MINISTER ARENS - NOVEMBER 17, 1LET

- .EJTIRE TEXT.)
. IN NIEETIN WITH RLTNISFELD IN TEL AVIV
SUMMARY:
NCVEN'FER 17, ARENS STRESSED HIS FtVILIAR THEME THAT
REALIZATION CF SEARED U.S.-ISRAELI GC'LS FOR LEBANON
COULD PE ACELEVED ONLY WITH MUCH MORE OPEN AND
COORDINATED TRIPARTITE U.S.-LEBANLSE-ISRAELI STRATEGY
AND TACTICS.E EMPHASIZED NECESSITY FOR BOTH U.S.
AND ISRAEL TO BOLSTER GEMAYEL'S POSITION IN EVERY
POSSIBLE AY, LOOIN AT TEE PROBLEM AS A LONG-TERM
ONE WHICH WOULD REQUIRE CONSIDERABLE STAYING POWER ON
BOTH FARTS IN LIGEL CF ASSAD'S CHARACTER. ARENS SEES
MAJOR GROUND LOST OVER LAST YEAR TO BE RESULT OF
GENI.YEL'S MISTAKES AND IN PARTICULAR
CR
EIS RELUCTANCE TO
CLOSELY AND OPENLY WITH ISRAEL IN ADDITION TO HIS
DEPENDENCE ON TEE U.S. IF U.S. WITHDRAWS ITS MARINES
THEN GEMAYEL WOULL; PE FINISHED, ASSERTED pRES; IF .E
STAL FAST THERE IS SOME CHANCE EVENTuALLY OF CONVINCI NG
ASSAD TEAT HE MUST SETTLE FOR LESSER COALS THAN THOSE
LE IS PRESENTLY PURSUING, I.E., RK-REATICN OF
AS LEBANON
SYRIAN PUPPET STATE.
P.
ARENS 'WAS SCORNFUL OF
GEMÊYEL'S CONTINUED REFUSAL TO MEET AND vOR ITH
ISRAELIS IN A. OVERT FASHION. END SUVARY.
J. AMEASSPDOP. RLTMSPELL MET FOR CtE AD CNE-QUARTER
ROrJRS .ITE DEFENSE MINISTER ARENS AT EIS OFFICE IN TEL
.VIV ON NOVENIFEE 17, 1EJ. MOD DIRFCTC'R ENKRAL MEPON
ND AMBASSADOR LEVIS ALSO FARTICIFATEB IN TEE VEETIN.

IN RESFONSE TO RrJMSFELD's OPENING QUERY ABOUT

AFEt.:S' VIEW CF THE CURRENT LEBANESE SCENE,
WHETHER IL IS

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DETERIORATING, AND RO MUCEl TIME E EL VE TO REVERSE TEL
TREND, ARNS PEGAN BY ADMITTING THAT RE HARDLY HAD ALL
HE &NS\ERS TO TEL COMPLEX SITUATION. BUT IT IS CLEAR
EAI TRE SYRIANS ARE FLEXING THEIR MUSCLES AND RELYING
HEAVILY or: SO\rIET SUFPCET i AN EFFORT TO REESTABLISH
TEEIR TOTAL CONTROL OVER LEBANON VIA PUPPET
GOVERNMENT. THIS APPROACH IS TEE SAVE ONE THEY ARE
PURSUING WITH RESPECT TO TEE PLC SYRIA WANTS k LEBANON
CLEARLY FULLY UNDER rs CDNTRCL, THERE IS ND HALFWAY
HOUSE ACCEPTABLE TO IT. ASSAD HAS A NUMBER OF STRONG
CARDS AT HIS DISPOSAL, ONE OF WHICH IS THE SYRIAN
ILLINGNFSS TC ASSASSINATE OR UIL INDISCRIMINATELY.
ONE AY OR ANOTHER, SYRIA IS
SURELY BEHIND ALL OF TEE
RECENT BOMBING INCIDENTS IN LEBANON, STARTING VITE
EASEIF. GEMAYEL'S VORDER LAST YEAR." PARENS THEN WENT
CN TO RESTATE IN FAVILIPL TERMS WHAT EL SAIL WERL
CUR
"SEARED GOALS": A STRONG CENTRAL GOVRNVENT It'. BEIRUT
INDEPENDENT OF SYRIAN CONTROL AND EXERCISING ITS
AUTHORITY THROUGHOUT TEE COUNTRY; THE WITEDRAVAL OF
ALL FOREIGN FORCES; AND SECURITY FOR ISRAEL'S
NORTHERN BORDER REGION. RUMSEELD AGREED THAT THESE
WERE U.S. GOALS AS WELL. TEL PROBLEM IS THAT THEY
ARLE GOALS, NOT A POLICY OR A PRCGRAV TO ACHIEVE TEEV.
z.. APNS THEN SAID THAT "WE HAVE LOST GROUND IN TElE.
FAST YEAR. CUR PROBLEM. IS TEAT AMIN GEMAYEL IS A VERY
EA' REED ON HICd TO RELY AND IT IS HARD TO BE OPTI-
ISTIC TEAT WE CAN SHORE HIM UP ENOUGH TO GIVE THE
EOESSARY TIME FOP ASSAD TO EF BROUGHT TO MODIFY
POSITION. WE ARE IN FOR AN EXTENDED ONFLICT AND HISi
MUST BE READY FOR IT, BOTH TEE U.S. AND ISRAEL.
IF
THE CRST CASE EVENTUATES, YOU
ILL TAKE AMIN GEMAYEL
CUT CF BEIRUT CN ONE OF YOUR WARSHIPS PND WE WILL END
01F HAVING TO STAY IN SOUTE LEBANON. IB YOU ITHDRAW
ICUR SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY YOUR MARINES, GEMAYEL
FINISHED. FUI, IF YOU TO NOT, IF YOU STAY FULLY IS
Lt'GAGED, TEEN THERE IS AT LEAST A CHANCE WE CAN
EVENTUALLY SUCCEED. EUT YOU HAVE TO SEE TEE PROBLEM
AS AN EXTENDED STRUGGLE IN WEICH YOU MUST CONTINUE
ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO SHORE UP GENAYEL'S GOVERNMENT
IN ORDER TO PAVE EVEN A CHANCE OF SUCCESS."

RUMSFELD SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD ARENS' STATEMENT

OF GOALS TO MEAN THAT ISRAEL HAD A STRONG INTEREST IN
THE OUTCONE IN BEIRUT, NOT JUST IN TEE SOUTE. RLNS
AGREED WHOLEHEARTEDLY. "IF TEE GOVERNMENT IN BEIRUT

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UCCEELS, TEEN 'iE KILL RAVE A BASIS TO PULL TEE IDF

UT CF TEE SOUTE AND BACI INTC ISRAEL, WHERE E WANT TO
BRING IT. IF EOEVER TEERE IS FAILURE IN BEIRUT
TO ACHIEVE THOSE CALS, THEN WE ISRAELIS WILL BE IN
DEEP TROUBLE IN SOUTH LEBANON." IN RESPONSE TO RUMSFELD'
tJESTION ABOUT THE SITUATION CURRENTLY IN VEST AND
SOUTH BEIRUT, ARENS SAID THAT THINGS ARE NOT GETTIN3
BETTER." TEE SITUATION EAT MOVED A LITTLE ¿ERAL IN
RECENT WEEKS AS A RESULT CF THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE U.S.
£LET AND OUR DEMONSTRATED READINESS TP RETURN FIRE.
'PE KNC TELT ASSAD BEGAN
TC PE A BIT VORE ORRIED ABOUT WHAT MIET HAPPEN AFTER
YOU TCO THOSE MOVES. IT IS TRUE THAT TEE PRESENT CEASE-
FIRE IS LEAY, BUT TEE SITUATION IS SJRELY BETTER TPA
IT WOULD RAVE BEEN ED THE OPPOSITIONFORCES FPEVAILED
AT SUO EL SHARP. THAT OULD RAVE PRODUCED TEE COLLAPSE
OF THE EMAYiL OVERNME NT AND A FULL SYRIAN TAKEOVER IN
FEIRUT. EEN THEY REALIZED TEAT TEE U.S. AS GCIN
TO DRAW ITS C.N RED lINE AND DEFEND IT AROUND
BEIRUT,
THE SYRIANS DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE CEASEFIRE AND MOVE
TO LIPLCACY AND POLITICAL PRESSURES TO TRY l'O ACHIEVE
THEIR OBJECTIVES."

7. PUMSFELD SEL WHAT ISRAEL'S "PFD LINES" ARE IN

LBANCN, AND WHETHER ISRAEL BELIEVES TEAT ASSAD
NDERSTANDS THEM. ARENS RESPONDED THAT AT PRESENT ISRAEL
LS NCT PREPARED SEND TEE ILE BACK NORTE CF TEE AWALI
TO
TO SAVE BEIRUT, ERE THE U.S. TO PULL OUT AND EXPECT
ISRAEL TO TMï THE PLACE OP THE NINE SHIELD. THE SITUATIO
rIGHT FL DIFFERENT, HE SAID, IF "WE TALEL SERICUSLY
TOGETHER AE,OLTT WHAT THINGS E MIGHT DO TOGETHER. EUT
OUi PRESENT POLICY IS CPPCSED TO OUR
UNDERTAKING
UNILATERALLY TO RE-ENTER THE SITUATION IN CR ARCU1.D
BEIRUT. AND TEE SYRIANS PROBABLY UNDERSTAND TEAT.
HOWEVER, E'VE MADE CLEAR THAT WE WILL NOT CCLPT
A RETURN OF TEE PLO TERRORISTS TO THE
SHUF ANT THAT ¿'E
RE PREPARED TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO GET
TERNI OUT
SHOULD TETE DRUZE NOT SUCCEED IN DOING SO CN THEIR OW?."

E. RUMSFELL ASKED WHETHER ARENS THOUGHT TEE SYRIANS

INTERPRETED TEE ISRAELI AIR RAID IN THE PEAA ON
NOVENIFER 15 AS ESTABLISHING ANY NEW "RED LINE".
pRENS ANSWERET: "YES." "TN CUR INTERNAL DISCUSSION
BEFORE THAT SRIL
MY VIE WAS TAT THE PRIORITY MUST
BE TO GET A CLEAR MESSAGE ACROSS TO THE SYRIANS
AND
TO TRE TEPORISrS; TRAT 'AS MORE INPORTANT
lEAN TEE
ACTrAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE MIGHT KILL OR WHETHER OR
tOT THEY 'EPL TEE PRECISE INDIVIDUALS GUILTY CF
TEE
EONiPI'G ATTAOS It' lYRE AND BEIRUT. AND I TEIN THEY
EOULL HAVE GOTTEN THE MESSPGE UITE CLEARLY."
ARENS W'ENT ON TO SAY THAT DUPING THE FAST TWO
iHE SYRIANS WERE, ¿'EES
c-RNUINELY :CRRIED TRAT TEE U.S. MIGHT PE PLANNING
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( YhIAN MOFILIZATION, HICE ACTUALLY AMOUNTED TO VERY
TTTL.E SINCE NEARlY LLL TEE SYRIAN LR'Y IS P REGULPR
..PMY IN PJy CASE, .AS , .E CARRIED OUT SPECIFICALLY
TO IMPRESS THE !5 AND ISRAEL THAT SYRIA AS NOT
AFRAID AND \AS READY DC REACT TO AN ATTACK."
12. I RESPONSE TO FURTHER FROEIN BY RUMSFTLL, ARENS
SPECIFIED TEAT ISRAEL :ÊNTS TO ESTABLISH tJNECUIvOCALLY
L EEL' LINE EIOH MAES CLEAR. TIAT SYRIA MUST NOI' PERMIT
TERRORIST GROUPS CPERATIN FROM v:ITHI SYRIAN-
CNTPCTLD EPITRY ATTAC1TNG TAFGET VCNC TE IE
OR IN ISRAEL PROPER SOUTH OF TEE AALI LINE, EETHER
TPCSE TERRORIST GROUPS PEE PLCCUN'IRANIM: OR
EATEVER. ARENS STRESSED THAT 'E THE SYRIANS CAN
STOP SUCH OPERATIONS RO1 AREAS THEY CONTROL 'HEN
IFEY NT PC 'E ItTED TO ¼Ak'E IT
MUST DO SC." RLIVSFELD CCN'N'EPTED THAT CLEAR TEAT THEY
PRESIDET'.T VUPARA
TOLD HIM THAT SYRIA 'ILL INDEED ACCEPT AND HONOR "RID
LINES." ARENE AGREED, FUT DEMURRED TEAT THEY .CULD
NCT HONOR JUST ANY RED LNES." HE CITED TEE CASE cF
TEE c-CLAN! HEHTS 'EERE. SYRIA HAD PIDROUSLY
TE FSTDI T.4I C TEFORIST CPERATICNSENFORCED
CULL FE
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iAON THERE ARE SO 1NY SYRIAN PROXIES TEAT IT

ERITS CAASJS A CONSIL RAFLEN'ARI. OF 'tEIAEILUY."
THEREFORE ARE'S LID NOT NO'' EO LONO IT OULD BE
BEFORE TRE RYRIANS ACCEPTED THE NEED LO OBSERVE THIS
FLED LI IN RESPECT TO OPERATIONS IN LEBANON.
11. RUVSFELT ASKED HETHER THERE AS AÎ'QTRER ISRAELI
"RED LINJ" I RESPECT TO CERTAIN IDS OF SOVIET-
StIPPLIED '.ILITARY EQUIPMENT TO SYRU. TEERE
SCVETRIr HERE ANALCCLJS TO TEE IPAQI NUCLEAR REACTCR
CASE. RENS ADMITTED TRAT THE ISRAELIS HAD NOT FOCUSSED
O THIS ISSUE, SO LCN AS COVEr.rICNAL EAPONS ARE TRE
SUEJLCT.

1. EESE'CNDIG TO RtJVSFELO'S OtIERY AECUT CHEMICAL CR

EIOLOICAL ':zAroNs AS A PCS5IBLE "RED LINE," ENERAL MEPCN
SAID TEAT THE SOVIETS E!VE CT SUPPLIEL TO EITEEFL SyR
CF IRA ANY CF THE MORE MODERN ENERATIONS OF CHEMICAL
RFRi YTERIL

3 ARENS TEEN SAID THAT HAT IS MOST STRII1:G ¡EOUT

dE SYRIA MILITARY PROFLEM IS THEIR RELATIVELY RLE1.T
ETERINATION TO ARIEVE "STHATE2IC PARITY" VITE ISRAEL,
it E:FFCRT VET CE PECAN NOT LONG PEECRE THE L.EPflO
ERHAFS AS A DEF'Et'SIVE RESPONSE TO ISRAEL'S
SUPERIORITY,
SYRIA'S MILITARY ISOLATICN, AND A GENUINE FEAR CF' ISRAELI
ATTACK. HCVEP, DURINO AND SINCE TEE VAR THE SYRIAN
BUILD-UP HAS TROORESSED VERY RAPIDLY AND NC COULD ATTAIN
N'CF CF CF'iNSIVE PCTENTIAL. HE TEEN DESCRIBED TEE
CURRENT UMERIOAL FALANES IN TANKS, AIRCRAFr AND SO ,
FORTH, AS LL AS THE GROINO SITE OF TEE SYEIAN REDOLAR
Ny. RE A.D VERC! ARDUED TEAT
SYRIA 'OULD SCON FE
NEARLY ECUAL CF. SUPERIOR riTITATIVELy IN A NUMBER
CF TPSE EY ITEMS AND LTALITLTIVELY HEAL IN 'UNS, APC'S
AND SO FORTH. .RLNS JDc-E;D TEAT IN MILITARY INTELLIDEtOF
Tr: I5ALLiS 'E SLFLRIO Nt TLAT IN TE HLTVA.N
CF TEE ISRAELI MILITARY TEE IDF RETAIEL k. MARGIN,COTLITYAS
IT DID IN AIRCRAFT QUALITY. ARENS SAID TEAT AT PRESENT
SYRIANS A'RE PECRAELY NOT THININC ABCUT AN CVRALL
PRE-EMPTIVE A:rAC, BLIP ITH T.EIR ARMY'S RAPID GROWTH,
T-Y COT FE I\D I T-iE OIECTIo
F LC OF A T
LINES CF THE YOTM IPPUR AP, FOE PCLIrIcPL OCALS, IN TL
NCT-TOC-DISTANT FUTURE. "ASSAD IS FORTJNATELY VERY
CALTTIOOS, ]T HE DOLS NOT SHRINK FRO AR IF R,E CON-
:LtJDES IT WILL SERVE HIS ENDS. 'D CF COURSE EF IGNORES
OASUALTLES I A AY EIOH 1SL CANNOT."
TN lEi ER:EF DISCUSSION CF TEE IRN-IhL AR VEICH
LEE!'1 ESUFD, EUMSFELD AND AFENS AGREED THAT A VIOTCRY :Y
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:C IRA!' . AREt.S SAlT TEERE AS NONE CCINC O!' TCAY,
E :IED FI5y T1- -ITCP OF AFCYIT
OL3 2 NILLION (\AS DOLS 2 NiLLIOt) IN ISRAELI ARNS
SALLE TO IRAN IN TEE 1E1E2 PRRICD. ARENS INSISTEP
TEAT THERE NO ISRAELI INTEREST TCCAY It' SEEING
..'AS
IRAN THE VICTOR, 'EiILE AT THE SANT TIZ DESCRIFIND
ISRL1 'S CONCERt' ECUT TEE IRAQI ARNY IN A POSTPR
ERA. T AR'Y HAL NEARLY TRIPLED It' SIZE ANT r C: IS
COMPOSED 0E 2E DIVISIONS. SINCE IRAQ HAD POUSTIT AAINST
ISRAEL IN PREVIOUS FARS, INCLUDING TEE 173 AR, DESPITE
ITS BITTER RIVALRIES ITH SYRIA JUST FRECDDING EACH OP
TECEE ARS, TICTORIcu5 IRACI ARNY AT ITS EXPfl\TED
SIZE CULL RE A. REAL TERSAI TO ISRAEL.
i. RUMSFELD THEN INLTIRED HO THE U.S. AND ISRAEL
COULD INPEOVE TEE SITUATION ct': THE GROUND IN LEPANON.
ARENS REPLIED THAT IF E OEED CLOSELY TOSETEER, eL
COULD STOP ANY FURTHER AEVANCES BY SYRIA CR ITS PROXIES
AND PERHAPS ACHIEVE SOME LAP 3Ir'S. .T TEE VERY LEAST,
TEE PRESENT LINES AROUND BEIRUT COULD FE STABILI ZED
AND TRE EMAYLL GOVERNMENT GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO
STRENGTHEN ITSELF. ARENS S AID rEAr TETE LAR ETAT ?LR
FCRM.L SCE.EAT FETTlE TEA!' THE ISRAELIS EAT EXPECTEL
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xPRTS HAD TOLD ISRAEL IT COULD DO LAST SPRING AND

SUNER. PLLTVSFELD SED WHETHER ARENS THOUGHT TEE
TYPE OF TRAINING BEING GIVEN BY THE U.S. TO TEE LAP
wp.s APPROPRIATE POR TEE TERETS IT FACES. GENERAL MERCN
SAID HE DID NOT TEIN ir WAS, THAT THE LAP NEEDED SPECIAL
TRAINING FOR FECIL MISSIONS AGAINST IRREGULAR FORCES,
RATHER THAN' CONVENTIONAL TRAINING AGAINST CONVENTIONAL
THREATS. THE LAP NEEDED TO BE EQUIPPED TO DEAL MORE
EFFECTIVELY IN URFAN AREAS WITH SMALL UNIT TACTICS
AGAINST IRREGLTLAR FORCES. RUVSFELD SAID HE HAD
QUESTIONED U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL ON THIS POINT IN'
EEIRIJT AND WONDERED IF E WERE TRAINING TEE LAI FOR
THE RIGHT TINT OF AR.
le. IN RESPONSE TO RUMSFELD'S UEPY, ARENS SAID HE
DID NOT THI N THAT TEE LEBANESE FORCES BAVE OR ARE
IN THE PROCESS OF 'FALLING APART. THEIR MORALE IS
INDEED POCR AND THEY ARE UPSET, ARENS SAID, ACUT WHAT
THEY SEE AS PRESIDENT GEMAYEL'S VISTAES IN HIS NUT
ELING SUFFICIENTLY "PROCHRISTIN, PFDISRAELI, AN
STRONG ENOUGH IN STANDING UP TO THE 'USLIVS IN GENERAL
AND THE SYRIANS IN PARTICULAR." HOWEVER, ARE.NS CON-
CLUtIL TEAT IN TEE LEPANESE CONTEXT, LEE LAP IS STILL
SIGNIFICANT FORCE ro FE RECONED WIN.

18. AS THE MEETING DRE7 TO A CLOSE, RUMSFELD ASFD

ARENS WHAT IN PARTICULAR HE SHOULL NO TEAT EF MAY NOT
ALREADY ARENS REPLIED TEAT HE WOULD SUGGEST
THE IMPORTANCE OF "CALIBRATING S.SAD CORRECTLY.
ARENS SAID TEAT AFLR THEIR SESSIONS v'ITE ÊSSP.D IN
LAr1ASCUS, BOTH SEC RErARY SEULTZ AND SUD MOFAPLANE
cAL FINArLY PE[JN IC SEE S3AD IN A CLEARER LIGHT,
AS A CCLDBLOTET IEAF.ER WHO RECCGNIED OÏ'LY THE NEED
TO REACT TO STEENTE, AND SOME IDLING TO USE TEE
N:CST MUFDiROE METHODS IC ÊCHIYVE EIS LNLS. PRIOR TO
THEIR NEETINGS, ARENS SAID HE HAD THE FEELING TEAT
NEITHER SHULTZ NOR MCFARLANE HAD UNDERSTOOD FULLY
EAT CRT CF IY[F F.SSD IS. IT IS IN'PCRTÊNT TU
JNDHRS TAtT'EAT SYRIA'S PJECrITES ARE AND BAT
SSAD'S TACTICS STFLSS. MERON EFECIEIED TH.T SYRIA
AD NEVER RECOGNIZED THE LEGITIMACY CF A SEPARATE
fl'DEFINDENT LESPJCN, ND REMINDED PTJMFDLE TEAT
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RRCR TO LATE IN THE AY F FAVE APFECACEiL LEPANON
IS TEE FAILJRE IC' AEIEVE ANY REAL CCLRDTNATIC CF
FF?OT Pt'ON THE U.S. , I SRAEL AND THE LEBANESE
JCVE?J\N'ENT. EF SAID TEAT FRiSILENT GEMAYEL HAL MADE
"EVERY NISTAE IN THE BOC IN. TEE LAST YEAR; YOJ t\EEE
TO TURfS: HIM AROUND.

F. RIJN'SFSLD R:J0INFD VITE RESPECT TO GEMAYEL THAT HE

COULE CF COURSE PE LIVIG IN ric IF HE ISEED FATHER
THAN IN BEIRUT, BUT RE IS NOT. AND TEAT IS TO RIS
CREDIT. FE AND HIS CCLLFACUES RE CERTAINLY NCT
COWARDS AND TAKE NJ'Y PERSONAL RISKS, EUT, R'JVSYELD
SIL, EH BiLlETED TELI TEE LEBANESE VE HISTORICALLY
USED PC A DIFFERErT STYLE CF OPERATIONS, Î. TRADINT
BY VHICH THEY TACKED IN THE DIRECTION OF
LONGTERM GOALS, SOMETIMES PCCEPTING HCPErLÍIL SHORT-
TERM LOSSES. THEY DON'T SEFM TO SIMPLY CARVE CUT A
POSITION AND SAY THIS IS EERE I ILL STAND PiND IF
NECESSARY DIE. AREMS ACREED TEAT TEE LEBANESE STYLE
IS DIFEEREr:T FROM TEAT DF THE ISRAElIS AND MAES IT
DIEFICULT FOR BOTH ISRALL AND THE UNITED STATES TO
CPELTF EFFECTIVELY TE TEEN'. AREÌ\S CCNCLUDLD By
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'ANTS TC ÉTTACK US RITELICLY HILE TELLI!T OS FI TADELT
TEAT EL NE'EDS CUR HELP; HE 'At'TS TO TELL TH SYRIANS
THAT RE DETESTS TEE ISRAELIS BUT HAS TO EEF TEE
RLEV±NT IN: CPLER TO GET RID OF US, 'HILE TELLING US
PRIVATELY THAT HR ANTS US TO HIT THE SYRIANS TO FAC
HIM UF. THIS SIND CE OFTRATIN AY \CRK FOR A SYRIAN
PiGI'F EICE HAS N PUBLIC CFINIOt: OP LEV0CRTIC
ACCCÍJNTAFILITY TO t0RRY APCUT IT JUST CM'T CE FCR TEE
UNITED STATES OR FOR ISRAEL. AMIN CAN 'T HAVE IT LOTE
VATS; IT'S INPOCSIELL."
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