A supporter of Michel Aoun, the Lebanese Christian politician and leader of the Free patriotic Movement, flashes a victory sign during Aoun's parliamentary election campaign in Beirut June 5, 2009. Lebanese candidates canvassed for votes on Friday, the last day of campaigning before a parliamentary vote in which Shi'ite Hezbollah and its allies hope to reverse the anti-Syrian coalition's majority. Lebanese vote on June 7 in a parliamentary election that pits the powerful Shi'ite group Hezbollah and its allies against an anti-Syrian alliance that won a 2005 poll. REUTERS/ Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON ELECTIONS POLITICS)In Lebanon Vote, Stark Options, Complex Choices -- New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — When voters go to the polls here on Sunday, they will be surrounded by campaign signs and banners declaring this to be an election of almost apocalyptic significance.
On the surface, the choice does seem stark: in one corner of Lebanon’s most competitive parliamentary race in decades stands the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and its allies; in the other corner, a secular and pro-American political alliance.
“It’s your choice between peace and war,” said Sami Gemayel, a Christian candidate who opposes Hezbollah, during a recent television appearance. “The choice is between Gaza and a developed, civilized Lebanese state.”
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