Comments on: Patrick Seal: Syria Lost Confidence In General Sleiman

By: Bronx-man

Bronx-man — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:48:20 +0000

Of course Syria’s influence is greater than the collective will of all of the Arab countries. And Hezbollah is their well trained pit-bull to make sure it stays that way. That Hezbollah has more military power than the Lebanese army is no secret. Why can’t the Lebanese army make the effort to change that imbalance? What the hell is an army for? Internal attacks on an army in any country are treated as treasonable offenses. Gen. Suleiman can definitely serve the country in a position other than President.

By: Jeha

Jeha — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:15:46 +0000

I had a hard time reading after “A key problem would seem to be that Syria has lost confidence”… Once you accept that conceit, that Syria confidence matters in who gets elected in Lebanon, you are going down a slippery slope.

Maybe someone could sue Patrick Seale and those other idiots like him, have them stripped of their comfy citizenship and just move to Syria and live there. See how they like them apples.

The only “confidence” that matters should be that of the Lebanese people, or in this flawed system of ours, their representatives, such as they are. They have all settled on Suleiman. They should all have him elected, or risk being consumed by the coming fire.

…Because this time, if they make a war, no one will come. At least not unless they block the airport road; then we’ll have to fight our way out of this feudal “karkhana”.

By: M Bashir

M Bashir — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:40:56 +0000

English version echo of Mr Trebester’s news piece:
Gen. Michel Suleiman telephoned Syrian President Bashar Assad and the Syrian military command

By: Bad Vilbel

Bad Vilbel — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:19:06 +0000

Lost confidence????

This stuff is pure comedy. First off, it’s not Syria’s job to have confidence in the Lebanese president. It should be the Lebanese people who have confidence in our president.

Secondly, OF COURSE Syria has no confidence. They never did. Suleiman was a lackey, a slave. You don’t “have confidence” in slaves. You just expect unquestioning obedience. The moment that stops, you’re not interested in keeping said lackey, and you look to replace him.

Third, Syria wants a political vaccum. They do not want a presidential election. Period. So it’s not a matter of finding a candidate that has Syria’s “confidence”.

Lastly, Patrick Seale is well known for towing the Assad line. I hardly put much stock into his so-called “expert” opinion. More like “expert propagandist”.

By: Ramzi

Ramzi — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:37:54 +0000

It cracks me up to hear about this term “neutral president” Syria and its allies are not looking for a neutral president they are looking for a Lahoud clone.

By: Mr. Trebester

Mr. Trebester — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:13:17 +0000

Suleiman isn’t independent. Did we forget all the arguments m14 make against him and how pro syria he was?! just read the news bit i posted above

By: GK

GK — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:50:47 +0000

Actually, Hizballah did not approve of Suleiman when they met after the March 14 declared that he is their choice. He refused to commit to anything and HA saw it as he is being too independent! They want a puppet president or a president who is independent on HA and Syria. On the Syrian issue, Syria wants the tribunal to disappear and that is their most important goal!

By: Mustapha

Mustapha — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:48:49 +0000

I find this to be the most precious bit in his piece:

“If elected, he is likely to be an independent President. This is a risk Syria seems unwilling to take”

By: Ace

Ace — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:40:06 +0000

“If Syria ends up scuttling Mr. Sleiman’s chances, it will mean that Syria’s influence, or as Mr. Seal puts it, its veto power, is more effective than the collective will of all Arab countries.

Is it? ”

Have we seen anything yet that shows differently? Nope, but I think it’s probably more than just “Syria’s Veto Power” – I think a lot of it has to do with the primed and loaded gun that Syria is holding on all of them …. Hezbollah the “Divine Victory” guerrilla force of Iran. It takes a strong military force to control and scare that many people. Hezbollah is that force and they have proven beyond any doubt that they take orders from Iran and from Syria.

By: Mr. Trebester

Mr. Trebester — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:29:56 +0000

By the way check this news piece from the national press agency

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Tells your something…I don’t think Suleiman can be trusted he’s ambivalent and just is too happy to go to baabda