Nothing should change, until the FPM, and the Rambo leader that’s heading it, decides to come back to what it’s orginial fight was, that is freeing Lebanon from the Syrians and seeing all militias dissolved!

Instead, Aoun is so obsessed with the presidency that he is willing to sell his soul, the soul of his party, by getting in bed with Syrians and the Hezballah.

I think the best option we have now is to offer Aoun the title of “His majesty, ruler of the kingdom of his villa in Rabieh”, then maybe he will finally be satisfied, and will let the country go back to its normal runnings.

But in my opinion, I hope Aoun continues to play this dumb game, since he is only hurting himself. Indeed everytime he opens his mouth, or signs some document he loses a few disillusioned members of his party! I have seen it all around me, and I am glad that not all of his followers have been hit with amnesia or brainwashing!

Cheers

You list several reasons why things turned out this way between the FPM and the FM! All of which place the blame on the FM.

Did it ever occur to you that the FPM and more specifically MA is responsible for the situation today?

Please don’t pass off your post as a genuine reflection into what went wrong! You are clearly biased and will refuse to even suggest that Aoun may have played a big part for the current situation in Lebanon.

I only wish for one thing : Aoun’s return to Paris.

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David,

You’re in a denial phase.
You just cannot admit to yourself that the man who used to be your hero is now, not only, ruining his own reputation, but also taking his blind followers to the unknown.

Many FPM supporters were disullisioned and faced it. Here’s an example of a guy who wrote the following in L’Orient-Le Jour (January 31, 2006):

Retrouver le général…

Mon général,
D’abord, je me présente : Camille Mourani, étudiant en première année de mastère à l’Université Saint-Joseph. J’ai été depuis toujours un de vos sympathisants les plus fidèles… Avec passion, je demandais à mes parents de me raconter les journées où étaient nombreux ceux qui montaient au palais de Baabda pour vous exprimer appui et soutien. Je n’ai jamais caché mes tendances, je les ai exprimées depuis toujours et à très haute voix dans des conférences au sein du campus de l’USJ au Nord, à l’époque où même un klaxon était réprimé. Même plus tard, avec ces alliances nordistes que vous avez nouées, j’ai défendu votre point de vue, j’ai eu mille et une querelles avec parents et amis pour les convaincre de vous appuyer, de vous comprendre, bien que dans mon for intérieur, moi-même je ne vous comprenais pas. J’ai même présenté une demande d’adhésion au parti et j’ai été deux fois chez vous.
Mais vos dernières prises de position sont pour le moins étranges. Non, mon général, les Syriens ne sont pas sortis. Et même s’ils l’ont fait, ils sont rentrés aujourd’hui par la fenêtre du Hezbollah, dont vous êtes proche, et de Sleiman Frangié, qui ne cache pas ses sympathies. Non mon général, ceux qui luttent contre la corruption et en faveur de l’instauration d’un État fort ne sont pas supposés considérer la délimitation des frontières syro-libanaises comme un péché mortel, n’acclament pas Bachar el-Assad et Ahmadinajad dans leurs manifestations. Pire encore, ils ne se précipitent pas à la rencontre de ce dernier à Damas comme si aucun gouvernement libanais n’existait, pour planifier je ne sais quoi avec des organisations palestiniennes.
Je vous en supplie, redevenez ce général que tout le monde a aimé. Cette idole des jeunes, lesquels voyaient en vous un homme de principes, un symbole de patriotisme, une promesse d’État. Vous avez demandé à vos électeurs de vous faire confiance. Bon, mais à quel point pourrons-nous vous suivre sans être convaincus, vous qui savez bien que vos sympathisants ne sont pas des fanatiques stupides ?
Ce que j’espère, c’est que vous épargnez au pays la tension d’une nouvelle partielle dont nous sortirions perdants, même si nous gagnons un député de plus.
Même vous, oui même vous, n’avez pas le droit de nous voler notre rêve, notre espoir : le général.

Camille MOURANI

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Now if GMA is following his own interests, the FPM’s natural place last tuesday was among all the Lebanese in Martyrs’ Square.
It is unfortunate that he keeps on acting for his personal objectives.
But it’s even more unfortunate to be in denial, like you are, and try to find any possible argument to defend him.

David, do you remember how we fought as FPM, LF and independent students to restore our country’s independence?
Do you recall how we would dream to have all the Lebanese people, and let me be more explicit, to have the Muslims by our side, sharing our claims?
Today, we have Muslim leaders who are saying wherever they go: Lebanon first!

Now that was our dream and we’re realising it. That’s why all of us patriotic Lebanese had to be there on Tuesday. That’s why the FPM had to be organizing the event! That’s were they truly belong. Instead, they were “punished” because of Aoun’s “strategic” choices.

The FM wish to rule the whole country. They want everything: the Parliament, the Presidency, the post of Prime Minister. There is no doubt Saad Hariri wants to help Lebanon out, but let him remember that him and his sidekicks are not alone in this country!

Also, they shouldn’t get too confident with the Lebanese Forces by their side, who don’t represent much.

It was the FM that closed the door shut on the FPM, believe it or not.

David

Jounblat has said yesterday that March 14 should start working on getting GMA back. He mentioned that as a priority. Its in Al-Nahar.

Regards

Dear David,

Some people here are blinded by hate, some people in Lebanon are blinded by hate!.

I was full of hope of an agreement between FM and FPM because I also considered that they have a lot in common.

On the 14th of February I was ashamed of being Lebanese, but so proud of being an FPM’er. It is a real shame to see the son of Rafic Hariri qualify WJ and even more Samir Geagea of heroes.

General Michel Aoun or “Rambo”as someone has said, is a Hero and will always remain a Hero.

You might want to change that, You might want to hate him, You might want to break ur tv sets when U see him, U can do all that, however, the truth will remain:Michel Aoun stood when no man was standing, Michel Aoun has never changed any of his stances, Michel Aoun is a national Hero, and because U r Lebanese he is YOUR hero whether U like it or not!

Why am I an FPM’er and why was it FM that strayed and not FPM???

FTV and newspaper have been biased towards GMA and FPM, everything is being done to get them out of the way, along with FPM.

FM has given promises and not abided by them.

FM has played the game of the 2000 electoral law along with its partners

FM has very wisely kept FPM out of the government

FM is doing everything in its power to prevent General Aoun of becoming the new President for NO reason except to have a puppet they can manipulate

FM has deceived me deeply, this is not the legacy of Rafic Hariri R.I.P!!!

Why am I an FPM’er?

I am an FPM’er because I believe in FPM’s chart, I am an FPM’er because I have free will, I am an FPM’er because I do not follow individuals blindly, because I might now criticize GMA but will not deny his history, GMA is a national hero who might make mistakes in the future, until now I have criticized him once and it was when the amnesty Law was passed as a deal of the “majority” with SG, and I have told everyone about my point of view, and no one told me not to!!!

If you want to know what FPM is, You have to live FPM, we do not have crosses stained by martyrs blood, we do not have battles of 2 flags, we do not have sectarianism, we do not have hate, what we have is hope and faith.

Before you EVER talk about FPM, go read the chart, go analyse the actions, go while thinking in one orientation”the interest of Lebanon”.

I, a Christian FPM’er am proud that My Fellow FPM’ers are from all religions, ALL, I am proud that I can talk to them all the same way, I am proud that we are all looking in the same direction, I am proud to have a leader who does not have one sectarian bone in his body, I am proud to have a leader who is dealing with Hizbullah when the government should have, who is risking extremist Christians support for the sake of Lebanon.

Before U criticize think well, is Hizbullah capable of giving GMA the presidency????

Stop ur blind hatred, it is pathetic.

Go work on ur medias:”typing errors” are too common these days!!

Instead of saying Cheers FPM+GMA u have done what was un-doable, thank U GMA for making this understanding with Hizbullah whom many of you have qualified of resistance for years and years!!

Give us the better option!!U want to disarm Hizbullah??U had heroes on the 14th giving heroic speeches??U want Hizbullah to be the ennemy??OK so let’s all get armed and let’s have a civil war again!!!

Hizbullah represents a major part of the Lebanese society, if U want to deny that, we will no longer have a Lebanon a country for all Lebanese, we will have Lebanon a country for the 14th of march coalition!!Is that what u want??

Reflect again!!!I urge U FM’ers first of all to realize what u r doing, U r allying with extremists v/s moderate!!!

Finally, The picture done of GMA on this website is very well done,BRAVO let’s clap for the artist!! but if it does anything ..it is to show ur true face, and it’s not such a pretty face I am seeing when an agreement between a Christian figure and a Muslim figure for the sake of Lebanon turns out as a joke to you!!!

FPM the secular party might very well loose a lot of the Christian extremists support and that is a fact! Now, let me give U the reasons:

Extremists want a Christian leader and GMA has decided to be a national leader, he has taken the stance of being Lebanese!!

He has done everything that might keep him away from the presidency for the sake of Lebanon…

Just review his stances, he decided to be in the opposition, he goes for an agreement with Hizb to start dialogue, is this getting him closer to the presidency????

I am a proud FPM’er, so called FPM’ers who are ashamed of an agreement with other Lebanese, who want to wage stupid wars in “national Hayssa” can very well go choose another party!!

I am a proud FPM’er, but U who R reading..are U so proud now of who U r???

Amen!!

The FM is a political party, and as such its naturale role is to govern the country. Just like FPM’ers dream of an “orangification” other parties naturally work towards “controlling” everything, whether it is presidency, PM-ship, or the parliament. The people criticizing Saad Hariri for apparently doing that are either very politically naive (in this case they should see how things work in France or the US, for example you can verify if Bush appoints democrats in key posts), or they might be simply sectarian who do not like seeing a “sunni” ruling the country. From my knowledge of the lebanese, I think the latter is the most probable scenario. And they call themselves “zegular”, what a shame…

btw nice post David. Typical holier-than-thou I never do mistakes aouni speach.

I totally agree with all what “secular fpm’er” wrote,and i want to add this.
Saad 7ariri chose to join hands,with two criminal bloodsuckers,who slaughtered manny innocent lebanese,and want to show that they’re saints now.
If anyone profited from the Syrian regime,it’s Jumblat who always had a verry good relation with those syrians,always had ministers,and parliement representatives,stole,killed under syrian protection ………

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