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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘March 8’
Even his allies accuse him of dirty tricks
Posted in Politics, tagged Aoun, Berri, Elections, Hariri, Lebanon, March 14, March 8, Middle East, Sectarianism, Sunnis, Syria on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The truth about the Aoun/Hezbollah alliance
Posted in Politics, tagged Hariri, Elections, Aoun, Lebanon, March 14, Middle East, March 8 on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The other day I was having a discussion about the political situation in Lebanon with a reluctant supporter of the March 8/Aoun camp. He approached his support for this group as an Arab nationalist of the old school. For them, standing up to Israel comes first, and hating Hariri is high on the list.
When I [...]
Suleiman’s tight rope and Syrian games!
Posted in Foreign Affairs, tagged Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, March 14, March 8, Middle East, Peace, Suleiman, Syria on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning we read that our new president, Michel Suleiman, has been put in a tight spot following Bashar Al-Assad’s recent remarks revealing that Suleiman informed him that Lebanon would be willing to join direct talks Syria plans to have with Israel as soon as they get underway. The president is now saying behind closed [...]
لا ٨ ولا ١٤ – مصلحة لبنان وبس
Posted in Politics, tagged Lebanon, March 14, March 8, Middle East on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
بكفي عمن جر البلد ورى مصالح دول تانية. صار وقت للكل يفكر من جديد بمصلحة لبنان وشعبه. يعني، لازم نآمن الآساسيات الحياتية والامن قبل كل شي. لا تحرير فلسطين ولا الانتقام من سوريا ولا تآمين حدود اسرائيل لازم يتفوقو الاجندة. ولا محاربة اميركا. وحتى محاكمة قتلة الحريري لازم تنطر شواي. بحب اذكر انو حتى اميركا، [...]
