The Deceived Matchmaker

A reader, David, reflects calmly and candidly on why things are not working out between Aoun and Hariri…

Hopefully Saad Hariri will read GMA’s statement regarding the 1-Year anniversary of Rafic Hariri’s assasination, and take a moment to reflect on why things are the way they are between the FPM and the FM, and wonder whether or not they had to end up this way. Look how much things have changed from 12 months ago!

It seems as if it was just last week that the assasination occured and most Lebanese were united more than they ever have been since the time of the French mandate occupation. One year later, and it is almost as if March 14th never occured!!

I am personally distraught at all of this, because I can just imagine Bashar and the gang loving every minute of Lebanese disunity. They always tried to show that the Lebanese were so un-united that they could never agree and rule themselves.
We have proven them wrong in many ways, but in others, we sure have a long way to go.

Things between the FPM and the FM didn’t have to end up the way they did, the only problem is trying to figure out why things ended up this way. I still remember one year ago how we all thought that the FPM and FM had many things in common, starting with the fact that the FM was supposedly the most “secular” in outlook compared to all the other major Lebanese political groups, and I still remember many FMers praising the FPM for being among the first to hit the streets, to the point where they were even saying that they were learning from the FPM about how to be as organized and efficient as us!
SO what the heck happened?!?

Was it Walid Jumblat that was responsible for the schism between the FPM and the FM, because he heard GMA talk about an audit, and then freaked out that his history would be revealed?

Or was it the Qornet Shehwan gathering, that feared for their seats, now that the FPM was going to enter the electoral race?

Or was it some of the advisors of Saad Hariri, that didn’t like GMA and the FPM for a number of various reasons, and figured that if their “plan” was put into action, the FPM would be crushed during election time? Or did they also fear our electoral weight? Or did they get greedy and want the whole pot?

All I know, is that the FM turned around, did some things that were not that “nice” to the FPM, and their media went on the rampage against us.
It is still sad to see this situation, knowing that we have a country to build, hopefully together, and knowing that we still have enemies out their that want to harm Lebanon.

IT’s a shame to see things have turned out this way, for whatever reason, because I believe that things should have ended up that the FPM would be participating en masse on Feb. 14th.

Now the question is, can things be changed, before their is too much animosity between the two sides? Ya FM wake up before it is too late!