Comments on: Obama One Year On. A Lebanese Perspective

By: Don Cox

Don Cox — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:37:30 +0000

Is it still the case that Lebanese citizens whose parents (or grandparents) were Palestinians do not get a vote?

By: Ghassan Karam

Ghassan Karam — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:15:16 +0000

Mustapha,
Sectarianism is the bane of our society.It would be impossible to move forward when shackled with such destructive, hurtful and undemocratic ideas.

By: Bethany Kehdy

Bethany Kehdy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:03:31 +0000

I wish more Lebanese thought like you. The mentality is so frustrating. I always get into fiery debates when there, even with my father! Lebanon is stuck in the dark ages of feudalism! I’m afraid it will be a long time before our society wakes up! However, I think this blog is really a great platform and you really tackle all the issues in a strong and logical manner. I hope to see it’s continued growth and become bigger in influence.

By: r4

r4 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:23:26 +0000

Now in some day’s obama complate his one year as a presedent of America.Now in this day’s h is doing good job for america and doing lots of effort to takeup america from the crises

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:27:30 +0000

Reiterating your own year-old-statement is OK, but putting it between quotation marks… I’m pretty sure you could have paraphrased yourself without fear of repercussion.

By: MK

MK — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:53:19 +0000

You know abu stef,

Lebanon’s independence is like what… 60 something years old? The USA has been there, done that, already. We still need to kill each other a couple of 100 years more, that’s all.

By: Darine Sabbagh

Darine Sabbagh — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:05:28 +0000

I always love your political insight and your interesting perspective of things!

By: MN

MN — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:28:05 +0000

I agree. Lebanon will never be a stable democratic country under the current system. The current system reinforces the idea that the lebanese are to be defined by their religion/sects and thus will never feel like one.

For a democratic nation to succeed, its citizens need to feel like one regardless of religion, race, or creed. Lebanon is not and will not be a democracy until the Lebanese put aside their religion and act like one nation.