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“Le Liban, l'arrogante petite Suisse qui se prenait pour l'héritière d'une nation antique, voire biblique, seffondra une première fois en 1975, après trente ans que l'on a tendance aujourd'hui à magnifier. Ce furent pourtant trente ans de luttes, de conflits, de guerres larves pour définir l'identité du pays. Les chrétiens le considéraient comme leur et fondé pour eux, et refusaient den partager Le pouvoir réel avec les musulmans. Ces derniers exifaienr leur part de pouvoir, tout en rêvant d'unir Le pays aux grands projets arabistes et nassériens. Ils s'allièrent auxborgznisationnarmees palestiniennes. Les chrétiens y virent une menace existentielle, s'armèrent aussi et tout partit en morceaux.”

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