Talk:Scenario: World War III (Obama vs. Putin)/@comment-92.55.22.106-20140107180847/@comment-76.18.21.131-20140119204111

I can think of a reason why Lebanon would need a non-agression pact with Russia. Because Lebanon is majority Sunni Muslim. If one takes into account the Syrian crisis and how it's dividing the Arab world into two rival camps (a Sunni one backed by the West and a Shiite one backed by Russia), he/she can easily picture Russia butting heads big time with Sunni-majority nations, Lebanon very much incleded. In fact, Lebanon ESPECIALLY. Hezbollah has posed a threat to the status quo in Lebanon for decades, and the fact that is is on the same side as Russia in the Syrian crisis could aggravate tensions between the two nations.