![Perils of Doing a De Gaulle in Lebanon](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/aoun.jpg)
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Lebanese President Michel Aoun sits on the presidential chair at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on October 31, 2016. (AFP/Patrick Baz)
![Perils of Doing a De Gaulle in Lebanon](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/aoun.jpg)
Lebanese President Michel Aoun sits on the presidential chair at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on October 31, 2016. (AFP/Patrick Baz)