According to the Lebanese daily, the 9th election session might turn out to be the real deal after all.
After a few days of butting heads, March 14 MPs came up with a piece of constitutional voodoo that they hope will produce a president and save face for the opposition. Annahar went as far as saying that “the white smoke has come out at night”
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In other words, Annahar seems to be suggesting, if Syria wants to play ball and respond to international pressures, there is a ready-made way to proceed that won’t embarrass Amal and Hezbollah.
The only problem with this exit from the opposition’s point of view is that it will snub Mr. Michel Aoun, their Christian ally whom they supposedly entrusted with negotiating with March 14.
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Oh yeah !!!! The show is about to begin.
Yesterday U.S.Assistant secretary of state for Near eastern Affairs Mr. DAVID WELCH give the “ORDER” to the M14 to fulfill their duties and elect a new President Monday.Same order was issue by The Pig_Stinky French Sarkozy by saying that this was the Parliament last Chance and olso the Saudi Embasador to Lebanon Mr.Big Rat Kouja said that the parliament should elect a president.They all singing the same song at the same time.Yup, everybody most get ready because the ride is about to begin and is gonna get a little “BUMPY”.My guess is : Harb is out already,Michel suleiman didnt accepted it,The only one left is Lahoud.Let see is am good predicting the Future.If I get it,am gonna open a Palm-Reader office.But for M14 leaders and followers only..hehehehee..Long Live The General Aoun.God Bless Him. Amen
All of the following exist in the states of the Middle East:
1) Diminished civil rights of permanently excluded groups and violations of human rights (Criminal acts)
2) Violations of sovereignty, including cross-border attacks by independent militias (Treason)
3) Violations of conventional international laws—the intentional targeting of civilians as well as incitement to murder civilians (Sedition)
Fadi: GFY
Nothing happened,
nothing will happen,
untill March 8 are fully happy.
Game Over
Ali/Fadi,
The only time March 8 aka, HA will agree to anything if they elect their own president!!! Not orangehead not anything else. Kapiche???
So stop BS-ing. Lebanon as you think you knew does not exist. I think people should take the blinders off and agree to Islamize Lebanon. Maybe Christians will have better rights then, like they do in Iran!!
The sad reality is that Aoun and March 14 could have gotten a president elected if the General’s ego was not so inflated by all the lackies he has running around him. Instead he mistook all the hot air HA was filling his head with as real and genuine support instead of just a smart strategy to further HA’s goals and increase their price in the upcoming settlement that will sadly happen at Aoun’s expense. History is sadly repeating itself. The last time Aoun was in a position of power Lebanon was devastated for two years and then marginalized for 15 more by Syria. I hope we are not devastated again at the hands of Rabieh’s orange General.
March 14 are so unreliable in delivering reports of an agreement, from their top militia heads, to low ranking talking-head politicos, to mainstream daily annahar, to the various neo-zio-con bloggers, to superpower emissary errand boys bringing threats. So far from reality! We should totally read them with a mountain of salt.
I have to say the level of “discourse” around here has hit new lows in the last few weeks.
Way to go, guys. Way to show the world how mature us Lebanese are. I guess we deserve exactly what we’re getting, considering how immature we seem to be. It’s no surprise our leaders are acting the way they are. True reflection of the people.
An Nahar is the best jarida in Beirut. However, at the same time, An Nahar is stupid.
I mean come on people. Did you really think it was going to be today?
They have at least one month left, if not a year or two… and I am not even joking. I said this before Nov. 22 – that ‘Aoun is giving them the choice of either I get my way or you get a vacuum. Whoever blinks first.
i ask that people stop posting comments using my name. thank you
Bad Vilbel, you will not show the civilized world how mature you are with such bad grammar. But in any case, thank you for being so mature on all our behalf. Now, which leader is a reflection of you?
Abu Hatem, thank you for setting us straight. I just knew that there must be one Lebanese civilian out there who has accurate information.
BadVibel,
Mashilna yeha
The low levelness of this particular thread is tarnishing the reputation and maturity of Lebanese in the world, you completely nailed it.
“I guess we deserve exactly what we’re getting, considering how immature we seem to be.”
“It’s no surprise our leaders are acting the way they are. True reflection of the people.”
Really?
It’s not the fact that we were killing each other for about 20 years…
It’s not the fact that after we got invaded by Israel and Syria some of us were helping Israel and some of us helping Syria in the name of brotherhood? Even those who did not really care about syria?
It’s not the fact that every single election we elect the same people, then after they screw us up we keep defending them (because the others are oh so much worse) and the re-elect the same people?
It’s not because we keep accusing each other of being agents of foreign powers?
It’s not because we are sectarian beyond belief ?
You only realized it because in the last few weeks the comment on Beirut spring have not been up to your standard?
3an jadd mashilna yeha
It’s all of the above. That’s my point. We, as a people, have been immature for as long as I can remember. We’ve allowed ourselves to be used and abused by everyone under the sun. And yet, after all these years, we STILL haven’t learned. We still sit here and exchange petty insults, call each other names and bicker of what we THINK are important issues, when in fact these issues are mere petty distractions from the real matter of progressing towards a modern state, a modern society, where the people are free and rightly deserving of jobs, family, education, health care and the pursuit of happiness.
I am sorry BV but you are bound to lose.
The Aounist are happy with Aoun and the Harirists are happy with Hariri and the Hisballists are happy with hizballlah, and they’ll vote for them next time, weather you like it or not.
If you are not happy with anyone vote for someone else, and when that someone else does not get elected, tough luck that’s democracy for you.
Walla you expect because we have access to a web Browser that somehow we should be better than every one else?
Take it easy on yourself ma badda hal’add as they ad says “Hayda Libnen”.
TAC. What are you talking about? I’m all for democracy. I’m all for holding the leaders accountable by voting for someone else when i’m not happy with the current leaders. The problem is, the Lebanese people don’t do that. They keep voting the same guys back in. And then they bitch and complain…
…because even if you zaim SUCKS, it’s from your “clan” and if you vote for someone from other “tribe” you’re diluting your folks “power”… so you vote for the said sucker again and again. I can’t talk for you guys, but THIS, this really SUCKS.
Did I mention that voting in other zaim is treason ?
ps- before another failed “presidential round” in the house, can someone, please, give a call to the sukleen office, and ask them to do a hard cleaning in the parliament ? (and no assad fans, not with explosives)
realpolitik,
You are correct. Which is EXACTLY why i said in my initial comment that the Lebanese have failed to learn anything from the past 50 years or so. After ALL they’ve been through, they STILL put their zaim above the national interest. And as a result, they will continue to suffer the consequences (and then complain about it and blame it all on the neighbours, the west and everyone else but themselves).
Ok, BV.. gotcha!
) merry christmas! and Eid Mubarak!
Anyway… and sad anyway. I (sure) agree with you. After you point a gun to someone, ready to shoot another “al-lebanese Akhy”, and NOW, after all we being though, after all you heard from your father, conscience, brother, uncle, parrot… (you got the idea), there’s a “undercover” group pretending it was a fairy tale! and ready to repeat ir…
zaim MY ASS.
(now you gotme
and to clone the usual folk:
Ayesh Lubnan!
i vote for BV for a NEW kind of zaim. one who actually represents the people. ha. a zaim for the twenty first century. sigh. yawn. i wish we were all as idealistic as BV. oh wait, we are. sigh. yawn. long live our new zaim.
We, us, here need to propagate a movement for the 2009 elections.
Those redtched few that hold our politics for THEIR personal benefits (yes, all of them) shouldn’t be let into the government anymore!!
Jumblat, Aoun, Geagea, S. Hariri, Berri, …
They were the ones that didn’t want to solve the problem. They are the ones that are the root cause of the deadlock. Not the international interferences.