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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jumblat’
Jumblat’s desperate summersault
Posted in Politics, tagged Aoun, Hezbollah, Jumblat, Lebanon, March 14, Middle East, Syria on August 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We all need to say sorry!
Posted in History, Politics, Society, tagged Christians, Constitution, Democracy, Druze, Hezbollah, Jumblat, Lebanon, Middle East, Peace, Reform, Sectarianism, Sunnis on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
What happened in May 2008
Posted in Politics, tagged Hezbollah, Jumblat, Lebanon, March 14, Middle East, SSNP on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Jumblat’s comments
Posted in Politics, tagged Druze, Jumblat, Lebanon, Maronites, Middle East, Sectarianism, Shia, Sunnis on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Walid Jumblat was lambasted this week for comments he made during a closed-door discussion he had with some local Druze leaders which was caught on film. Yesterday he went ahead and minimized the significance of those comments and tried to mend fences. What was it he said exactly? According to a clip on YouTube, here [...]
Angry Arab on Jumblat and the “white man”
Posted in Society, tagged Jumblat, Lebanon, Middle East, Western on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am not a great fan of the Angry Arab, but I do peruse his posts. I find them often to be insightful. Today I came across a great post commenting about Walid Jumblat and his “white man” complex. Spot on, AA. Here is a quote:
He never seems to be able to have his meal in his [...]
