what is happening right now just makes me miss the “good old days” when Rafic Hariri was alive. I understand now why he was so non confrontational and accepted all those insults , attacks , lies etc… ( not that he is politician with no mistakes).
The difference between him and all those “childlike” politicians is that he was willing to drink from the bitter glass ( Al Ka2s al Morra ) for the better good of his nation.
All Lebanese politicians including Aoun and Saad ( who both i was previously tremendously sympathetic to )are acting like little chilidren who refuse to eat a side of bitter broccoli with their supper. Broccoli that is really nutritious and healthy for the mind and spirit of a growing child. Lebanon needs a strict mother some would say ;

Events unfolding are starting to make many people forecast that to be true ( so deeply and hirtfully).

Sincerely

A Lebanese from the fortunate Diaspora and a demonstrator on March 14 2005

what is happening right now just makes me miss the “good old days” when Rafic Hariri was alive. I understand now why he was so non confrontational and accepted all those insults , attacks , lies etc… ( not that he is politician with no mistakes).
The difference between him and all those “childlike” politicians is that he was willing to drink from the bitter glass ( Al Ka2s al Morra ) for the

As for Shia, we would love to see them nationalist Lebanese arabs and forgiving Muslims in the first place. Not persian safavid proxy-terror self-killing mobs, like Nassrallah and his mafia-gang-bang.

“the druze are out (i.e. druze interests may or may not become a #1 priority).”

No Sami, you are the same sami as on nowlebanon.com . As a matter of fact the above comment is a verbatim of your writings on that site… It’s obvious you’re intellectually inept and now we can add weakling to your attributes.

How about their lives ? lenient enough ?

And, while on topic, tell me: how often does your divine cool-aid supplier takes a walk out of his cozy fox hole and actually tries to solve this gordian knot ? Ok, he’s too busy doing speeches to actually care about anything else….

When Lebanon sinks in the med, aoun will try to convince sponge bob that he’s the super cristian.

MK: I really hope you’re correct and M14 does indeed have some aces in their sleeves…

In any case, it’s funny that you say: “And here lies the delimma of M14 trying to reach some workable formula with an irrational, uncompromising, wants-it-all opponent.”

Look at how quick M14 rejected Aoun’s initiative. Now tell me who is an uncompromising, wants-it-all opponent!

All I ask is Give me 1 example where M14 were lenient on 1 of their demands.

And yeah whatever you blabbered about Geagea and Jumblatt is not worth responding to. It’s obvious you have a vendetta for these guys, particularly the Druze sect (from most of your posts on nowlebanon.com)… One word for you: get over your racism, it’s becoming!

In his speeches, SG wants to destroy HA. Way to go, this will solve all Lebanon’s problems… destroying the party that represents the biggest sect in Lebanon will go a long way towards building trust and solving the country’s problems. Now convince me that SG wants to help the country.

WJ wants the Sunnis and the Shias to remain in conflict because as soon as they agree with each other, the druze are out (i.e. druze interests may or may not become a #1 priority). This guy can’t possibly help Lebanon because he is in conflict of interest!! Now can someone convince me otherwize?

>1. Israel already had plans to attack…

You can’t just blabber such accusations and expect to make a reasonable argument. We’ve been hearing the same mantra from your leaders though no evidence presented. That is we have to believe Nasralah’s words as the divine truth. Well maybe you do and that’s your choice. However there are more than Shiites in Lebanon and frankly they don’t buy into anything this guy says. If I was you I’ll demand an evidence from HA and stop blindly repeating their mantra.

>2. You have an army that can’t even…

So you’re implying that since the army is ill-equipped it justifies HA maintain their weapons. That’s not how you build a strong and cohesive country. Let the military wing of HA be a division of the army. Wasn’t that the defensive strategy that they’re debating before HA decided to distract everybody and start their misadventure!

>3. A puppet for Israel and the current..

No rational thinking Lebanese want to be a stooge for anyone, though you seem to have no problem REMAINING a stooge for Syria and Iran.

>4. And you must come to the realization

Yeah this one always gives me a kick. Maybe you should do some reading and research to determine who really oppressed the Shiite. Tell me in your infinite wisdom which Lebanese Christian president or Sunni Prime Minister or others specifically oppressed the Shiites. And while you’re at it you might want to look up the names of your former Shiite political leaders, people like Kamel el-Asad and others who did more harm to their own Shiite sect than anyone else…

1. Israel already had plans to attack Lebanon with Geagea, Siniora, Hariri and Jumblat’s knowledge. How can people who say they care about there country even be allowed to live.

2. You have an army that can’t even handle a handful of militants in Nahr el Bared, how can you they even defend a country.

3. A puppet for Israel and the current American administration is a stooge. That’s what you have there in Lebanon, stooge’s solidifying there pockets.

4. And you must come to the realization that after all these years of oppressing the less fortunate in the country, that they would rise, which they have done, and will take over.

5. They should take another census in the country, why are YOUR people so against it…but we all know why.

sorry that should read: kinda of deal with Syrian and Israel…

(Humm, Freudian slip?!)

I think the strategy is to try and weaken HA from the outside rather than from within. If the Annapolis conference succeeds in brokering some kinda of deal with Syria and Iran, then HA is going to be dealt a major blow and hopefully become a more reasonable (less divine) partner!

I’ve been trying to figure out March 14′s strategy for more than a week now. Their actions seemed very random, pointless and without objective. However, after listening to Geagea the other day and reading Michael Young’s latest piece I have to say…the March 14 leaders are tactical geniuses!!!

I hope Jumblatt confirms my latest revelation that he actually has a plan and it doesn’t include surrendering or conceding anything to March 8.

“But what other threat could the Baathist possibly use to keep the herds in check?”

They can always start their own ‘war on terror’ or ‘war on drugs’… that might work you know ;)