“Deferred hope” in Lebanon after a US meeting gone sideways

Lebanon (MNN) — On February 5, one question led to the abrupt end of a meeting between the US and Lebanon in Washington, D.C.It was only one of several meetings that Lebanon’s Chief of Defense General Rodolphe Haykal attended, but it was probably the shortest -- five minutes, according to US Senator Lindsey Graham.Senator Graham says he asked Gen. Haykal whether the militant group Hezbollah is “a terrorist organization." Gen. Haykal replied, “No, not in the context of Lebanon.” This stands in st