Comments on: Choosing The Lebanese President. Part 1. http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/11/06/choosing-the-lebanese-president-part-1/ Blogging Lebanese politics, business and society since 2005 Wed, 23 May 2012 14:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Whatever-ishere http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/11/06/choosing-the-lebanese-president-part-1/#comment-8306 Whatever-ishere Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:00:08 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/11/06/choosing-the-lebanese-president-part-1/#comment-8306 thanks for the GREAT post! Very useful... thanks for the GREAT post! Very useful…

]]> By: Solomon2 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/11/06/choosing-the-lebanese-president-part-1/#comment-8305 Solomon2 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:06:00 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2007/11/06/choosing-the-lebanese-president-part-1/#comment-8305 <i>Patriarch Sfeir made a moral equivalence between those who vote “unilaterally” for a simple majority, and those who skip the vote.</i> This appears to be where historians may draw a line and say, "This is the point democracy died in Lebanon." On the other hand, it may be a forgiveable ruse by the Patriarch, buying time to avoid the Grim Reaper who has claimed so many other Lebanese politicians in an untimely fashion. Patriarch Sfeir made a moral equivalence between those who vote “unilaterally” for a simple majority, and those who skip the vote.

This appears to be where historians may draw a line and say, “This is the point democracy died in Lebanon.” On the other hand, it may be a forgiveable ruse by the Patriarch, buying time to avoid the Grim Reaper who has claimed so many other Lebanese politicians in an untimely fashion.

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