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Lebanon “Moves To Address” Arms Issue

August 26, 2010 · Mustapha Hamoui

Behold these concrete actions:

Lebanon moved to address the widespread possession and use of weapons in the country Wednesday after Shiite and Sunni groups used machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in a deadly, hours-long street battle. […] The Information Ministry announced the formation of a committee headed by Prime Minister Saad Hariri to come up with proposals for confronting the problem

Read this one more time: A committee will eventually come up with a proposal to eventually confront (not solve) the problem. You know what this is right? We’re been Marriammed again.