US-Backed Governments
[note how in this Story, and all other recent AP stories on Lebanon AP insists on calling the Lebanon Gov’t “US-Backed” — it’s their new prefix. In reality the only countries that don’t back the Lebanese Govt are Syria and Iran. So why not make it the UK/US/Egypt/Saudi - backed Lebanese Govt? The point is that in certain quarters saying “US backed” is tantamount to a smear against the government. AP once again aids terrorist agitprop by emphasizing this true but at this point, irrelevant, fact. ]