kwmc@hou5d.UUCP (K. W. M. Cochran) (09/01/83)
Join the Marines, where you can die for your country even in peace time !!!
brener@milrat.DEC (10/20/84)
As i understand it, Pierre Gemayel (the father of Amin) was the founder of the Lebanese Phalange Party. However i understand that it was a direct descendant of Franco's Phalange (i.e. Fascist) Party, i.e. Pierre was in Spain in the 1930's and was so impressed with Franco and his methods that he brought them back to Lebanon, where they remain in tact even today. Can anyone verify or descimate any or all parts of this question/statement or perhaps add something to it? steve b
martillo@mit-athena.ARPA (Joaquim Martillo) (10/22/84)
At the time period many people thought highly of fasscism. Mussolini was for a while the darling of the left. Be careful about projecting modern views backward to this time. The Falange is probably less fascist than most Arab nationalist or Islamic nationalish parties many of whom were influence strongly by Hitlerism.