Progressive Socialist Party chief Walid Jumblat on Tuesday criticized Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun's defense strategy blueprint, saying it results in "mounting chaos … throughout Lebanon." Jumblat, in an article published by the PSP's weekly magazine al-Anbaa, said Aoun's proposed defense strategy would also change Lebanon into "constant war field, which topples stability, torpedoes investment and increases immigration." "Lebanon has played the role of (North Vietnam's) Hanoi for quite a long time, and it is time for stability, prosperity and economic development," he wrote. "Discussions of the defense strategy should focus on the gradual absorption by...
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