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❊ Don’t Fall For The Siren Call Of Najib Mikati
January 24, 2011 · Mustapha Hamoui
As some of you know, I’m a fan of Najib Mikati. But I am very disappointed that he agreed to play the role of a docile mask to Hezbollah’s vicious war against the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)
Don’t fall for all his fuzzy claptrap about consensus, centrism and nationalism. MR Mikati will have one mission only in the next government: To shoot down the STL and assassinate, for the second time, the legacy of the Hariri family in Lebanon.
As Prime Minister, he would be pushed around by a motley crew of Hariri haters to kill the STL and to oversee a witch hunt against March 14 figures, intended to forever entrench the Syrians and Iranians in Lebanon.
Mr Mikati is a better choice for Hezbollah than the arguably more pliable Omar Karami. So much so that I wouldn’t be surprised if he were Hezbollah’s choice all along, the unelectable Karami being a smoke screen to lower March 14’s guard.
The clean shaven billionaire businessman will make it easier for wavering MPs to obey Hezbollah’s wishes without losing face, because Mr Mikati gives the illusion of centrism and independence.
But we all know better. We’re not falling for this.