Mgr. Paul Dahdah, apostolic vicar of Beirut of the Latin, does not speak so much of inconsistency with Bush’s policy as of a "real change". "Hopefully he says to SIR , with this election, the American Middle East policy will change a little bit: the age-old problem of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is still at its centre. If peace were solved in this region, it would no longer be a problem and it would be very close. Iraq too deserves special consideration. I have been in that country for 15 years and I know what tragedy the Christian communities are living there. Many are leaving a native land that does not protect them and they will hardly ever go back (continued).
