The Soldier Vs The Pimp.

We all love the Army. We all like the sense of security it’s giving the citizens. But is it really its job to arrest felons?
Who deals with criminals?
Considering these are unusual times, I will not nag about the traffic jam the various Army checkpoints have caused in Beirut last week. After all, you never know [...]

The Good Lahoud

Nassib Lahoud made his bid for the presidency, and he actually has something new to offer: A campaign website with “A Vision For The Republic.”
In addition to various information about the man himself, it has a downloadable presidential program and a “get in touch with us” form, which I recommend you fill in case, like [...]

Objective: Syria

Signs are pointing in the direction of a Syrian-Israeli conflict.

Yesterday, Hamas fired a crude Kassam rocket into an Israeli neighborhood and something strange happened: The rocket actually injured dozens of Israeli soldiers, some of whom are in serious conditions.
But then something even stranger happened: Israel didn’t retaliate to what a Hamas leader called “A Divine [...]

A Nifty Presidential Poll

Now Lebanon has a cool online poll that is different from the usual bland “who do you want to be president” variety.
For each candidate, you have to separately rate Integrity, competence, personality and commitment. After that, you’ll be asked to present your top three candidates.I like this poll because it actually let me scratch [...]

Why They Died

The latest Human Rights Report offers a chilling reading on how more than one thousand Lebanese civilians died in Israel’s July war. It also rebukes one of Israel’s loudest sound-bites, namely the argument that Hezbollah used women and Children as human shields.
The investigation took 5 months, in which Human Rights Watch visited more than 50 [...]

How Will The Hariri Tribunal Judges Be Appointed?

The UN secretary General outlines the process in which the Judges in the Hariri tribunal will be appointed.

Will ours be as diverse?
Since the Hariri Tribunal will have a certain amount of Lebanese Judges in it, it was expected that selecting them would be an explosive process in this polarized country. M.P. Walid Jumblat recently said [...]

Give Tripoli And Akkar Some Credit

While we are all equal partners in making this victory happen, the loud and sincere support the Army got in Tripoli and Akkar will help make sure this tragedy doesn’t happen again in the future..
Jubilation in Tripoli
The episode was a resounding Intelligence failure from Alquaeda.
Assafir’s main story yesterday detailed what we knew all along. That [...]

Pics: Popular Celebrations Of Victory

Rice was thrown on them and sheep were slaughtered on their tanks. People everywhere celebrated the victorious army’s convoy. Some pictures:

Find more details at BJ’s blog