Mr Ahmadinejad, President of Iran has the right to go wherever he want and say whatever is on his mind... Israelis, American and European do no refrain themselves when talking about him and asking for sanctions against his country. In the present time, Humanity needs a few courageous peoples capable to expose some disturbing facts; since nobody else does it. Naturally, sometime they go over-board but that is human nature. What can we do about it ! JCM

RT: "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is on his first visit to Lebanon, a trip widely viewed as provocative." RT really arouses my pity sometimes. How about the tens of thousands of cheering crowds welcoming Ahmadinejad to their home? By whom his visit is "widely viewed as provocative? Please be more respectful of your diligent readers, RT.

i conquer with armen08. before the sanctions RT was kissing his feet, but not RT is behaving like ignorant Americans.

A quite ignorant news coverage by RT. The RT TV coverage about this most important visit of Mr. A to Lebanon was lousy as well. ( I think there was no coverage at all ) If Iran today has substantial soft power in the Middle East, it has that power in no small part because it has picked winners rather than losers as its allies in key regional theaters. Whether we speak of Hizballah in Lebanon, HAMAS in Palestine, or Shi’a Islamist parties in Iraq, Iran’s regional allies are genuine political forces—that is, forces that win elections because they represent important and unavoidable constituencies with legitimate grievances. And, in many cases, those allies engage in what their constituents believe is thoroughly laudable resistance against what those constituents see as America’s (and Israel’s) hegemonic ambitions in the Middle East. “The United States and other Western powers are unhappy with the Iranian-Hizbullah link because these two parties represent an advanced form of indigenous Middle Eastern defiance of Western power, threats and sanctions. Western global powers are not used to having smaller Middle Eastern countries or movements ignore the orders or threats that emanate from Washington, London or other Western capitals. Lebanon has been a central test case of American support for the majority in the Lebanese government that confronts Hizbullah in some respects, so this visit represents a blow to Washington’s strategy of bringing Lebanon firmly into its orbit.”

I am not surprised by an alliance between Syria, Lebanon and Iran. Look who really controls Lebanon and is friends with Iran, SYRIA! For the most part, muslims are the powerful force in Lebanon and the Christians are peaceful as sheep.