He just made the grave mistake of assuming that Lebanese politicians care about the general good before their own.

At least with the general, the general good is his own good.

Hahahahaha, I really feel sorry for Kouchner, he really tried to do his best, and was constantly traveling back and forth.
I can imagine him complaining to his wife in the morning shouting “F********CK, I HATE THIS COUNTRY!!! THEY ARE NUTTSSS, I DON’T WANT TO GO BACK.”
I can’t really blame the guy coz he is really dealing with LOKO people!!!

No for compromise, fight dictatorship and terrorism.

Here it goes: HA says there will be no agreement unless clAoun agrees. The IDIOT says I am the Only one…No wonder kouchner is befuddled. He apparently does not know of the traditional arab hospitality and stabbing in the back specialty….

It’s sad, The French care more about Lebanese, than the Lebanese government.
What exactly have we elected them for again?

“He just made the grave mistake of assuming that Lebanese politicians care about the general good before their own.”

I think there is solution - general good has to be tied to their own. Time to build a guillotine and put it up on display in front of president palace.

the poor guy almost popped a vein today on tv I really feel sorry for him but then again this is what amateur diplomacy will get u so dont blame anyone but yr sorry over eager oblibvious to reality self Mr Kouchner.
The syrians/iranians want a bargain with the americans and they will keep obstructing every possible solution until they talk directly to the good Ol’ US of A.

Condi was so right, don’t waste time talking to them, lets put a president and support him, militarely if necessary. As usual the French and Europeans laughed at the US and their way of dealing with things. There we go, 12 high european officials came and left beyrouth the past 2 months and the results??? Up yours!!!
did you like the hommos kouchner? how about some kabbab dalima? Hey merkel, want some baklawa for desert?…

@ Danny

i guess you do not know it is a little bit more complicated. It seems many parties are here involved in the current blocage. It can be a part of the opposition or a part of the majority with geagea for ex refusing consensus

I guess you do not read the MAEE report (the official reports of the french governement). They state as following:

“Je le répète, les Syriens étaient d’accord. Je voudrais savoir qui n’est pas d’accord. Je voudrais savoir qui a intérêt au chaos, qui a intérêt à ce que l’élection ne puisse avoir lieu. Qui a intérêt à ce que ce soit plus compliqué encore pour la vie de tous les Libanais. Nous sommes des amis des Libanais, cela ne veut pas dire que nous ne sommes pas des amis des chrétiens. Nous sommes les amis des chrétiens aussi. Je voudrais savoir qui bloque, qui portera la responsabilité. Celui qui portera la responsabilité d’avoir bloqué ce processus accepté par tout le monde portera la responsabilité de la déstabilisation du Liban et de ses conséquences régionales. Je voudrais qu’il en prenne conscience, qu’ils en prennent conscience, et qu’ils soient sûrs que la France le fera savoir au monde entier.

Q - Vous pensez que le général Aoun est derrière ce blocage ?

R - Je ne parle pas du général Aoun, je l’ai rencontré. Je parle en général de tous les Libanais et je rencontrerai à nouveau le général Aoun. Je ne pense pas qu’il soit responsable de ce blocage”

So it seems it is more complicated then what the press reports.

moreover i m having some interrogation toward again the lebanese medias and an nahar especially.
The sentence stated in the beginning by my dear college in blogging Moustafa is like a “morceau choisi” which is incomplete as all the paragraph is more interesting …

for ex kouchner is very fond of ironical formulas and to understand him it is better to have all the sentences he pronounced…

We are not going to do a “commentaire compose” now for what Kouchner said: for it to be an agreement there must be two parts that agree, and more importantly a middle ground accepted by both. Unfortunately the middle ground is not there because each has and is sticking to his beliefs. The 14 will not accept Aoun for president and the 8 wants only Aoun for president. End of story!
Now lets put the talking aside and lets see some muscles!

Wake up and smell the cafe Frenchy.

You’re still trying to defend Aoun’s madness, I feel for you it’s getting harder.

Goddammit, Aoun said two days ago that even a 2/3 election is not good enough for him. Enough bullshit, defend that!

I keep telling you - it’s a “language problem”. The so-called ‘opposition’ says “compromise” & “consensus” and that means …. “give Nasrallah what he demands”. Nothing less.

Aoun is almost out of this deal and he knows it. He is not Nasrallah’s choice and that became evident in the “negotiations’. Suleiman is the choice. The USA has a very serious “red line” on this whole matter. Bush will not negotiate with Syria over Lebanon, and with Iran over the nuclear deal. He won’t do it. IF Lebanon caves to Nasrallah - the USA will walk away and check and see how you are doing in 10 years or so. That means the International Tribunal is very at risk - I don’t Hariri will risk that.

@ Joey
It seems you are not reading the rought news to make your own analysis.

Things are more complicated then what is just said and we are assisting to a recomposition of the lebanese political scene.

Just check out the things eclipsed by the presidential election, going on in the Baabda Aley circonscription…

The secret is the puppet-moron Najad who threatened Sarkozy couple of days ago of destroying the French interest in Lebanon, if France keep pressure on Iran in regards to nukes.
In other words destroying Lebanon and accusing all non-hizballah as being related to French or American interest, therefor shall be killed! Persian Najad made judgment and we shall obey! No respect to Lebanon and in its sovereignty and the will of its people. How? Of course, senior jackass Khameni will give the orders, via Welayat El Faquih fatwa, to junior jackass Nassrallah hiding in his cave in Dahyié. And yallah, the terrorist militia will start terror and proxy terror (Syrian Mukhabarat, Aoun etc.)

Would Hizballah surprise everyone and play rational? We will know very soon. If that the case, this is Al Taqia!

again, the entire sorry saga has been heading towards confrontation for the last 12 months. for all with any sense of realism, what is happening now is not a surprise. perhaps the fine detail will keep us all guessing, however the end result is confrontation for certain elements are playing for keeps.

The sad truth is that- we wouldn’t be in this situation had the Israelis not made the fundamental mistake to attack all of Lebanon last year, instead of just Hezbollah.
To say that Hezbollah’s position was emboldened and strengthened after the July is an understatement.
The scenario that should have happened was that Hezbollah should have been cornered on one side from Israel, and on the other from the Lebanese themselves who would have revolted against them.
There is nothing Lebanese about Hezbollah, at least not the Lebanon I grew-up in.
I hope the Majority will be strong enough and hold-on to their position. Aoun will sway like the wind later. How can he turn against his fellow Christians afterwards?
Let democracy prevail, and let non-sense get burried in a coffin back to Tehran or Damascus.

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