Steven Cook , a Middle East expert at the Council on Foreign Relations , said , '' It is absolutely clear that over the course of the last 15 years , Syria has used Lebanon as its outlet to the rest of the world , as its economic lifeboat , and I do n't see them giving that up . ''
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