Former Lebanese PM: Why I abandoned the West for Syria, Hezbullah and Iran

Following is an excerpt from an address delivered by former Lebanese PM General Michel Aoun, head of the Free Patriotic Movement, which aired on OTV on May 30, 2008.Let's go to the videotape. A transcript follows and I'll have some comments after that.We chose this long-term political option, because we knew that the interests of the West do not lie with us. Its interests lie with Israel, on the