In that year, President Chamoun was unable to convince the Maronite army commander, Fuad Chehab, to use the armed forces against Muslim demonstrators, fearing that getting involved in internal politics would split his small and weak multi-confessional force.
在那个时期，夏蒙总统无法说服马龙派的军队指挥官福阿德·谢哈布调集他的部队镇压穆斯林示威者，因为福阿德·谢哈布害怕如果卷入卷入国内政治活动，他手上的这支规模又小战斗力又弱的多教派军队变得四分五裂。