That’s an excellent analogy, Mustapha. And a very sad one.

Let’s face it, just sitting on a broken marriage (i.e. prolonging the status quo, a dysfunctional state) is a dumb idea. The “kids” are fleeing this dysfunctional household in droves. In the end, either we need to fix the marriage, or divorce. There is absolutely no excuse for maintaining a dysfunctional state and hoping for some magical fix somewhere down the line. There won’t be much of a state left by then, which, basically, takes up back to the “divorce”.

I agree. Put the freakin divorce on the table. Enough status quo. Enough prolonging the agony.

Michel sleiman: we`ve heard it all! on beirutspring. pls read previous posting. The story of the commander in cheif in the restaurant. Moreover, Sleiman Pre-authorized protests and did not crash the cedar revolution. Wow! what a accomplishment. Tell me who would stand and face his own people protesting against the occupier and chanting freedom and independence. You would probably point out to some incidents where the Aounists together with some LF students were dragged and humiliated for protesting for the same cause. Does that make Sleiman more sensible to sovereignty issues. NO! we did not hear any words of condemnation from the Commander in chief!!! Guys The commander in chief is from a school that teaches obediance and nothing but obeying to orders. We had enough with obeying soldiers ie. our fellow president.

I liked this posting, as it describes in simple terms what is easy to miss to everyday’s debates.

I agree with those who said that if the two parties cannot be reconclied that they should seek a divorce. I would much better have a smaller Lebanon where the rule of law and democracy rule versus more of the same. This means a new Lebanon minus its South and Bekaa. If Hizbollah want to fight it out with Israel, they can do it all day long and transform their “region” into another Gaza.

I am not sure I follow the logic in electing Gen. Sleiman, however. If the two parties cannot be reconciled, electing a lame president will not solve anything. It will only serve as a band-aid until the next national crisis comes about (such as a military engagement between Hizbollah and Israel, the resignation of opposition MPs and/or ministers every time that something that they don’t like is voted on). The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of a new Lebanon for its Christian, Sunni, Druze, and free Shiites.