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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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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Aoun admires Syrian totalitarianism

The latest from Aoun is his admiration for Syria’s regime and their ability to create what he calls a secular state unmatched anywhere else in the Arab world and one which Lebanon should seek to emulate.
Let me first say that I myself share Aoun’s desire to achieve a secular state in Lebanon. In fact, the [...]

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Never forgive!

I along with many Lebanese will never ever forgive the Syrian regime for what they did on February 14, 2005. Never ever! It was the act of ultimate brutality, killing people in cold blood for their cynical survival; killing the dream of a nation. The world will soon put those responsible on trial.
No matter who [...]

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In love or war, Lebanon gets nil from Syria!

As Aoun makes his “historic” visit to Syria, we learn an important lesson: whether we are at peace with Syria or at war, Lebanon gets none of its demands met from Syria. We can only hope to get bits and pieces whenever Syria is in the right mood. The reason is that Lebanon, when at [...]

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Syrian accusations

We recently heard about the televised accusations from Syria that the Future Movement (Mustaqbal) has been financing Fateh Al-Islam. Of course, Saad Hariri did what he was expected to do in condemning those accusations, while his opponents suggested they were taking those accusations seriously.
The thing is, if the Future Movement was really financing a terror [...]

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Syria sets the agenda and the timing

Am I the only one who thinks there is something odd when the Lebanese ministers received direct requests one by one to go to Syria to meet their Syrian counterparts? Is it me or does it seem like Syria is the one setting the agenda on these talks to implement the agreement reached between the [...]

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A new Syrian invasion if Aoun loses?

Reading about Syria’s new troop deployments on Lebanon’s border made me think about what could be a worst scenario for such action. I know many people believe that its to deter and fight smugglers, and that might in fact be exactly why they are there. Though, you wonder why smuggling is all of sudden such [...]

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Can Lebanon deliver?

This is an article I prefer not to write. But it must nonetheless be written.
In our overbearing reliance on other countries and the international community for our affairs of state, there comes a time when we Lebanese have to answer the following: what can we offer?
I know this is an extremely cynical proposition, but nothing [...]

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How does it feel?

Sadly, we hear this morning of the bombing in Damascus. It is sad because innocent people died there. Still, I cannot help remark that at least now the Syrian people get some sense of what it feels like having bombs going off in your streets and possibly killing your loved ones, and just making life [...]

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