Lebanonization

"Lebanonization" is the most likely fate of the latter: "a foundering half-failed state where neighbors fight proxy battles through sectarian militias and through the many factions in a government that is unable to govern at all," with "times of war when life seems to go on almost as normal, and times of peace when it seems not to."

The U.S., Iraq, Lebanon: 2008

"Iran is pursuing, as it were, a 'Lebanonization' strategy," Mr. Crocker told Congress, "using the same techniques they used in Lebanon, to co-opt elements of the local Shia community and use them as basically instruments of Iranian force."

Bush and Iran, Again 2008

Once gung ho on "low-intensity conflict," some Defence officials speak of "Lebanonization": leave and let the locals slug it out themselves.

'Pouring Money Down A Bad Hole' 2008

"Lebanonization" may be an exaggerated fear, because Iraq is much larger and wealthier than Lebanon, and more jealous of its own sovereignty.

Iran Must Finally Pay a Price 2008

The administration accepted the fears of its regional allies about the "Lebanonization" of Iraq, apparently without clarifying U.S. interests on the issue.

What Did Bush Win? 2008

Arab commentators typically raise fears of the "Lebanonization" of Iraq, or prolonged civil war.

'Compassionate Colonialism' 2007

An intellectual dean of the neoconservatives, Bernard Lewis, has long advocated the 'Lebanonization' of the Middle East, meaning the disintegration of nation states into 'a chaos of squabbling, feuding, fighting sects, tribes, regions and parties'....

Neo-con manifest destiny: the "Lebanonization of the Middle East"? 2006

An intellectual dean of the neoconservatives, Bernard Lewis, has long advocated the 'Lebanonization' of the Middle East, meaning the disintegration of nation states into 'a chaos of squabbling, feuding, fighting sects, tribes, regions and parties'....

Archive 2006-07-01 2006

Sharon's strategy, Henry Siegman said, is "a prescription for the 'Lebanonization' of the occupied territories and of Israel's own heartland."

Is There a Solution? Lewis, Anthony 2002

Hizbullah's "Lebanonization," or becoming more Lebanese than Shi'a, was facilitated by two major events in Hizbullah's history.

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