Showdown. A War Hezbollah Can’t Win

Faced with a determined government, an increasingly isolated party resorts to desperate measures.
Blocking the road to the airport. (Photo credit: Reuters)
Today, Hezbollah needed a big fig leaf to cover its naked security assault on the government, on March 14 and on the average Lebanese citizen. Unfortunately for them, the cover the labor protests offered didn’t [...]

Which Part of “Peaceful Demonstration” Don’t They Understand?

The opposition’s brand of peaceful demonstration is everything but peaceful.
In case you don’t know, here’s what a peaceful demonstration looks like:

Now compare to our opposition’s so-called peaceful demo:
(Photo Credit: Lebanese-forces.com)

How A Syrian Radio Show Can Save The West

A new American-style radio show hits the airwaves in Damascus. Next thing you know, a Western newspaper rushes in to hail the “cultural bridge” and the “Shift towards the Western Orbit” in Syria
Photo credit: LA Times
Is it a mark of desperation, hope or naivety that the LA Times features the “Good Morning Syria” show and [...]

Are March 14 Playing The Political Game Right?

Some pundits are starting to cast some doubt.
I don’t have a problem with blogs like the LA Times’s Babylon And Beyond saying that March 14 are making tactical errors. Heck March 14 can be so foolish sometimes you’d wonder how they’re still in power. But that’s no excuse to sneak stuff like this in:
Some are [...]

Is The French Language More Peaceful Than English?

One of the more cumbersome arguments on why the Lebanese should be learning French.
According to this lecture in the Department of Journalism at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik,
knowledge of the French language brings academic, economic and political advantages in terms of curbing terrorism, spreading peace and ending tribalism.
I don’t know about you, but it seems [...]

Israel Itching For Another War

First the Israelis practiced for war, now they’re looking for an excuse to start one.
Lebanese reaction to maneuvers: “Do not disturb, we want to sleep” (source: Alhayat)
You have got to question the timing. After days of conducting one of its largest military drills ever, the Israeli Minister Of Defense Ehud Barak (of Lebanon withdrawal [...]

Don’t Believe Alseyassah

Why did a key witness in the Hariri trial call a Kuwaiti tabloid to tell us that he’s safe and sound?
I don’t mind tabloid newspapers, really. Rags build their credibility with time and people are free to choose the sensationalist outlet of their taste to fulfill their biases.
What really bothers me is how acceptable it [...]

An Arab League With Teeth?

Should the Arab League of nations be able to punish its misbehaving members ?
Spot the troublemaker. (Photo: Alhayat)
Yesterday, the Saudi Foreign Minister came up with an interesting idea: Arab league members who ignore the League’s decisions should be punished.
Of course, the Saudi diplomat in chief was not trying to propose revolutionary reforms that would [...]