The political crisis in the mid-1970s reached a peak and as the parties failed to reach an agreement, a civil war broke out. The reason for the political crisis was the sectarian system strengthened by the French who invaded Lebanon in World War I. The Lebanese civil war was shaped within the characteristic conditions of the “Cold War” era. Since the West was not enthusiastic about the current system in Lebanon changing, they determined their positions in a way that would strengthen the “Christian right” wing.