The author remembers the violent days of 1983 and weighs Lebanon's progress since then.

It was a Marine major's dream. In early September, 1983, I'd had a little more than three months working in Lebanon when my boss at the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Lieutenant Colonel Jioji Konrote of Fiji, gave me the best order I'd ever received: "Chuck, from this moment on, I want you to do exactly as you please."

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