Comments on: Sleiman Enjoys Wide popular Support

By: Killing Sleiman’s Would-be Successor | The Beirut Spring, a Lebanese Blog

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:23:15 +0000

[...] • I wrote a few weeks ago that the Army leader was very popular in Lebanon • A few months before, I wrote about the Army’s victory in Naher Al Bared and the popular support that entailed from the Lebanese. [...]

By: theCourtFool

theCourtFool — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:31:56 +0000

President Michel Sleiman is probably the best we could have gotten. I am looking forward to being shocked. The Christian community aspired to a more progressive balance and economy oriented background, than a president from a military tradition.

On the other hand, president Sleiman saw in his time as General:

– the widthdrawl of the Syrian forces from Lebanese ground,

– the expansion of the Lebanese army to the border with Israel,

– and the Leaded the only battle where defeat to Al-Qaeda in the Middle East. (if they truly are Al-Qaeda, or Fatah who knows what).
I can always get a clumb of shmicks and give myself a name.

Lets hope for the best.
I will be returning home for Christmas. Sleiman, hopefully will learn not to take orders anymore, and follow his own inner judgement.

By: Louis-Noel Harfouche

Louis-Noel Harfouche — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:19:31 +0000

Umm, does the Koran say anything about Hiram building Solomon’s Temple and Solomon’s fleet? Anything about Jezebel,

http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2007/11/20071106_b_main.asp

the beautiful Lebanese princess who brought to the Israelites Lebanon’s hybridity, pluralism, cosmopolitanism, tolerance and liberalism??? (Of course, Jezebel had also brought with her the seeds of her own destruction, and ultimately the vilification and the historical condemnation and damnation of the land of her birth… The resentment and envy that “the wretched other” often feels towards the ingenuity, power, sophistication and prosperity of the “culturally fortunate” never goes unpunished in our part of the world.)

BV, short answer to your question, broken spirit. It’s Habakkuk 2:17 all over again. (Sorry Dory it is not the Koran, but it’ll do just as well.)

“For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, the havoc done to its beasts shall break your own spirit because of the violence and bloodshed done to the land, to the city, and all their inhabitants…”

It’s all over again “L’aube de l’age de la crapule,” as put it our very own Charles Corm some 75 years ago!

By: Dory

Dory — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:29:56 +0000

Solomon’s throne.
Why all the regrets and sorrow! King Solomon (whose name means peace by the way) will sit on the throne again.
The Qur’an, calls him ?????? in Arabic and refers to Sulayman as a great ruler imparted by God with tremendous wisdom, favor, and special powers.The Quran states that Sulayman had under his rule not only people, but also hosts of Jinn. It also states that Sulayman was able to understand the language of the birds and ants, and to see some of the hidden glory in the world that was not accessible to common human being.
May God bless our ruler and bless Lebanon!

By: Bad Vilbel

Bad Vilbel — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:13:46 +0000

Uhm. If we were following blindly, we wouldn’t be questioning and criticizing their moves this whole time.

Whatever!

By: Ado

Ado — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:57:52 +0000

Ha ha haaaa i can laugh about you fools now.
Feb 14 have sold u for peanuts,after the Syrian/Americain.
Where are all their false promises,about the stability of the constitution,disarming hizbolla,and the international tribunal….all gone with the wind…hahaha
After two years of living in economical and political insicutrity,because of their slogans of disarming hiz,and all their bulshit,now jumblat don’t want the application of the decisions 1701 and 1559 on the bodies of the lebanese….and seniora praises hiz…
hahaha what a shame.what a shame,follow them blindly

By: Bad Vilbel

Bad Vilbel — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:46:14 +0000

Louis-Noel! Where have you been? Haven’t seen you much of late.

Needless to say, I completely agree with you. We never learn.

We have a history of short-term memory, and getting all excited about the “flavor du jour” simply because it’s being touted as the next best thing. We never bother to look beyond that. This same crap happened when Bashir was elected. All of a sudden, everyone thought it would be a magic bullet that fixes everything. Same in 1990, when “anything was better than war”, same when Lahoud came to power. And here we go again.

We truly do deserve to rot in hell and to suffer under the Syrian yoke.

By: Bad Vilbel

Bad Vilbel — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:41:30 +0000

This is so déjà vu Mustapha. When Lahoud was elected, the same positive vibes were around. Everyone was so happy and proud. We saw posters of a cute baby with an army beret, with the words (our future), in bold all over it.

And look where that got us. We never learn. History repeats itself yet again. And we are sitting like imbecils applauding and celebrating Sleiman.

We deserve to rot in hell.

Very well said, Leb Christian. I totally agree. We never learn.

By: Bad Vilbel

Bad Vilbel — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:38:47 +0000

As usual, the Lebanese people (or in this case the random sample you queried) are short-sighted and getting caught up in the moment.

“Any president is better than no president” ?? How quickly they forgot Lahoud. I wonder if they’d still be saying that if they were given a choice of Lahoud or no president (as was the case in 2005).

As your commenters said, everyone is tired of the mess, so in typical “I don’t feel like dealing with this anymore” they’re willing to approve of “any solution”. These same people will be complaining in a year.

Hell, I recall the same reaction to the 1990 “takeover” by Syria. People were so tired of the civil war that they were willing to accept anything to end it.

I foresee not much will change under Suleiman, Hezballah will still roam free and start wars with Israel. We’ll still be subservient to every foreign inteference. The opposition will now start clamoring for a 1/3+1 veto and start this whole consensus game over the PM all over again.

Bravo, Lebanon! A failed state indeed.

By: whywesteppin

whywesteppin — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:16:25 +0000

his ‘platform’ is “Stability and security for the Lebanese people”.

Great. So he is going to disarm all militias and secure the border with Syria? That’s good to hear.

Or is he going to praise Hezbollah and claim that the only way to keep the country safe is with a heavily armed “resistance” that does not answer to him or his government?

It seems obvious that “stability and security” implies the former but this is Lebanon so the latter will most likely occur.