Obama And Hezbollah

The Democratic presidential candidate revisits his previous statement on the events in Lebanon.
When Hezbollah begun its punitive actions against the Seniora government, Sentaor Barack Obama released a statement that Left many Lebanese bloggers unimpressed. Abu Kais spoke for many when he wrote:
Oh the time we wasted by fighting Hizbullah all those years with rockets, invasions [...]

Beware Of Al-Quaeda

All sides should try their best not to portray this as a defeat for Lebanon’s Sunnis.

Humiliated on Hezbollah TV. (Photo Credit: Yahoo!)
As Hezbollah moved into (Sunni) west Beirut and took on the moderate Future Movement, many will be tempted to portray this as a defeat for Lebanon’s Sunnis. That would be bad ideas whose repercussions [...]

Patience Will Triumph

The best thing the government and the majority can do now is be cool and wait it out.
Let them play. They’ll get bored soon (Photo credit: Reuters)
Remember back in December 2006 when Hezbollah took to the streets with a large amount of people for the stated purpose of toppling Mr. Seniora’s government? The Prime Minister [...]

What Kind Of Mufti Is Jouzou?

The Mufti of Mount Lebanon is a foul-mouthed demagogue who needs to be demoted as soon as possible.
This must be one of the saddest, most irresponsible spectacles I’ve witnessed in Lebanese politics lately: The Mufti of Mount-Lebanon emerges from a meeting with the Sunni leader of the largest parliamentary block, to denounce “Shiaa intervention in [...]

Sleiman On The Lebanese-Syrian Relationship

Does the presumptive Lebanese president really believe that the solution with Syria is “mutual trust building”?
Mr. Michel Sleiman, the man who until further notice is our next president, said yesterday that the way to solve the Lebanese Syrian “problem” is by more “Mutual trust building” (Via today’s Albalad).
Mr. Sleiman could be pandering to the pro-Syrians, [...]

Berri’s Doomed Plan - Part 2

It is morally wrong to use the election law as a bargaining chip among politicians

Regardless of where you stand in the Lebanese political spectrum, you surely mustn’t be appreciating the idea that the big guys are negotiating political turf at the expense of our livelihood and progress.
Take a minute to think of it. They are [...]

Syria’s Diesel Levy Is Fair Play

The latest Syrian border action should not be seen as an act of political bullying
Waiting to pay the price… (Photo credit: Lucy Barsakhian, Albalad)
We the Lebanese like to think that we’re the center of the world. This is why our initial instinct when Syria imposed significant diesel levies on outgoing trucks, was to think that [...]

Reader: Hell Yes You Should Be Working Hard For Lebanon

A reader is amazed at our lethargy and decides to verbally slap us “whiners” in the face.
Keeping the dream alive…
In response to my previous post, “Cedars4ever” writes:

You are right. Why bother? Why not just switch off completely, allow those ‘non-Lebanese’ to dictate what happens in your country and then once you come out of your [...]