Jumblat’s desperate summersault

Walid Jumblat surprised everyone with his recent statements regarding his membership in the March 14 political grouping. However, Jumblat’s move is more than a political switch-over or change of heart. It is part of a scheme to blackmail him into returning to the pro-Syrian camp, and the price he is being asked to pay for [...]

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Mr lala-land a.k.a. Michel Aoun

Here are some snippets of what Michel Aoun recently said, as he seeks to up the sectarian and divisive rhetoric:
لكن من يدعون الخوف من المقاومة هم الذي قتلوكم ووضعوا لكم المتفجرات
But those who claim fear from the Resistance, they are the ones who killed you and laid explosives for you.
سننتصر في النهاية وسنسيطر على كل [...]

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We all need to say sorry!

One of these days we, the Lebanese, need to realize that we must apologize to one another for all the mistakes and “sins” we committed against one another as various groups and sects in the country. This is the one thing no one has really ever done. Today, we continue to live out our fears [...]

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Even his allies accuse him of dirty tricks

Apparently, Amal, one of Aoun’s allies in the March 8 group, is complaining to Hezbollah about Aoun’s tactics in the Jezine election campaign. They accuse his candidates of using divisive language with sectarian tones to get Christians to vote for him in the upcoming elections.
Dah! Did they just find out that this is how Aoun always wins [...]

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Perfecting the “traitor rhetoric”

We always hear about the “traitor rhetoric” in Lebanese politics. Nothing exemplifies this more than the recent uncovering of Israeli spies. Apparently, one spy is thought to have links to the Hariri’s Future Movement. Hezbollah wasted no time in jumping on this as proof that the Future Movement are in cahoots with the enemy and [...]

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A traffic jam in Beirut is being taken seriously!

The minister of interior has announced that he wants all road works to be halted until after the elections after an unbearable jam this morning. He even called on people affected by the disruption to file a formal complaint with the authorities. Of course, as anyone in Beirut knows, road works have accelerated in the [...]

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What happened in May 2008

Last year Lebanon was on the verge of a new civil war when on May 7, 2008, Hezbollah and other pro-Syrian militias entered west Beirut and wreaked havoc. In the following days, Hezbollah and the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party (SSNP) went on the rampage in Aley and the Chouf.
A recent Now Lebanon article tells in [...]

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Detlev Mehlis clarifies the issues

This morning Now Lebanon published an article in which the former investigator into the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, Detlev Mehlis, explained some of the facts surrounding the investigation. Most importantly, he dismissed criticism coming form the March 8/Hezbollah camp that the investigation has been politicized.
The pro-Syrian “opposition” has been celebrating the release recently of the four heads of security that [...]

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The Hezbollah trap

Today there are many who argue that giving Hezbollah the right to operate freely in the country is a must, either for the purpose of defending the country against Israel, or simply because they represent a segment of the population we do not want to sideline and risk plunging the country into civil war.
The argument [...]

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Lebanon suffers from a drug problem

Lebanon is a country suffering from something similar to a drug addiction, in the form of the financial support various political parties receive from outside the country. How can we expect a country to function properly if those who are supposed to be loyal to the Lebanese voter, to the Lebanese constitution, and to Lebanese [...]

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