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The FPM’s Point Of View
May 11, 2008 · Mustapha Hamoui
Here’s how Antoine Hindi, an FPM (Aounist) reader of this site sees thing:
(Ps: The views expressed in this post do not necessarily represent those of Beirut Spring)
-Hizballah used arms internally and lost their right to claim otherwise
-FPM condoned the use of violence — very negative in their street
-LF Samir Geagea embarrassed himself with ridiculous claims and revealed his true size
-Jumblatt’s new image was lost and he returned to being a sleazy, murdering warlord
-The claims that 14th March is a legitimate government was lost as all
people witnessed first hand their armed forces in action. Whether they
were numerous or not, the Future MOvement obviously has a militia.
-14th March dream that the outside would come to their assistance was reaveled to be a pipe dream.
-Balance of power has shifted substantially. It is obvious that the opposition are the power in Lebanon.
-Saniora was exposed to be a liar, especially with the 2 decisions taken and whether they had been made official.
-The use of sectarianism by the Future movement failed in Beirut as the
Sunni parts, about 600,000 citizens, virtually every household armed,
did not answer the call by the FM to fight the opposition. Beirut was
taken over and only 7 died, less than had been shot by FM supporters in
previous episodes.
My prediction is that there will be nothing holding together the
different factions of FM very much longer, with defections very soon.
The demonstration that the power on the ground is with the opposition,
and that the 14th March cannot rely on any outside help, things will
start to look very different very soon.
Thoughts? Reactions? (PS: Please don’t use profanities as I’ll have to edit them out)