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The Lebanese Wild Card

04Mar07

News Flash: Carload of Machine Guns Confiscated

This is starting to get a bit more serious.

I don’t want to hear about bombs. This may be Syria maybe not. But if its not, then it is obvious who would deliberately do this other than Syria. Shamefully a backer of the march14 movement (which I’d like to start calling ‘government’ and ‘opposition’).

Why I follow the Government (March 14):

I have a more founded hunch that Syria might be behind all this, because it suites her to have a country in trouble to deal with vis-a-vis its dealing on the table with Iraq. If it hasn’t struck you yet, we are a bargaining country with Iraq. In Iraq it went ugly for the US, and all the people in North America are fed up. The catastrophe for the Bush administration not doing so well is pushing for Democrat’s in this game.

Lebanese Wild Card Lebanon vs Iraq

Like the 90’s when James Baker agreed with Syria to help the US in the Kuwait war ‘Desert Storm’, in échange for Lebanon, and hence Syria was regarded as the harsh, official sauve-garde of the Lebanon.

Today we see again, with the latest dealings between the US, Europe, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq (bargain problem) and the poor little Lebanon.

When Robert Fisk described the Lebanese problem it gets too obvious, Lebanon is a card on the table among foreign powers. And we, we blindly fall for their claim. We really believe we are against each other for the reason of What is it do we see of Lebanon?

Not religiously, but common everyday socially. “This” is what we

are at first contact. I get up, go to work, or school, then curse the government and get involved in a life I would carry on so much better if only those we employ, called governments, just do their jobs and I did mine around other Lebanese that pass through the same thing. (sometimes its not easy when there is a nation protest and seldom chaos) The impact of government on everyday life. And I love Lebanon. Sadly this word has lost it’s original meaning due to repetition. But frankly, I love life.

My international Inclination:

The US, I don’t trust. But I happen to be lucky, that the US is the foe of Iran, and I am not in favor of Hizbullah attitudes. Though I envy their patriotism.

Europe, I’m fine with. I trust France.

As for Saudi Arabia, I sense has it’s own minute ambitions that are, I feel, not so bad for the future of Lebanon.

Iran, it may… I am not certain, does not have any bad intentions towards Lebanon. Hopefully, unless it feels it must make another Iraq out of Lebanon, if it sees American interference in Lebanon.

My idea of Lebanon

Speaking of which, I disagree with the culture of killing and dying in the name of patriotism, which Hizbullah tends to carry. I refer to the Summer 2006 War or ‘the 34-day war’ (as opposed to the newly broken record of the ‘6-day war’). But I strongly agree with many other tendencies and influences Hezbollah tends to carry. Which, I personally find humanitarian and just. Hezbollah certainly has to have representation in the government.

I held during all the times of the soap opera Lebanese news, this lately finding of bombs reminds me of the ugly times in Lebanon. The one that affects no one at the end of the day, except the lives of those in current everyday lifestyles except in civil war.

Which takes me back to the Bombs… I don’t want to hear about bombs. I just want to live a normal, everyday life, with a government trying to help social financial life through a strong economy, based on tourism, education, and a respectable name for itself. Not in the face of others, but in the face itself, and be reputationally labeled a place of coexistence and diversity worldwide. A country so diverse as ours is fighting for reasons that are beyond religion (as you have from all sects on both political spectrum) and straight to ideologies.

My idea of Lebanon as more liberal and self-expressing. We’re already good at it (and have done well for ourselves before the crisis of the ‘Hizbullah ignited Israeli war’ – Lebanon was on the rise, and lets not forget that, because that’s our power. A country that can stand well and quickly regain itself. Lets not fight over stupid reasons, by the end of the day the leaders will decide, not us. So these bombs… I don’t want to hear about them. We’re not going to be another problem for the US to handle when the Middle East conversations will be held.

Lebanon will not be another card to trade. If we stand together, all sects, in the face of a bumpy ride, and promise not to fight, Iran and the US will not try to create a wild card out of Lebanon to prove to the US to back off a disturbing other-chaotic country like Iraq. Lebanon is not Iraq.

Lebanese Media

As for the inner games of Lebanon, our daily life surrounds around evening night news, that is getting annoying, as we all want, from both sides is to relax.

I’ll start off with, FutureTV, we all know it is monocolored in black and white for the spokeperson of the Hariri family, which in third person promotes Seniora.

Al-Manar, affiliated with a major political movement as well.

LBC, obviously fond of the Government but does not abandon Aouns’ FPM.

NBN, for the moment is holds the title as being the spokesperson of the ‘Lebanese Opposition’ en-gros. (though it should be said, shame on its reporting of the tires on fire, what a dark day).

OTV? Anyways… it will be another monotone… Not for certain though. OTV will be calling for a session with shareholders.

It all goes down to how Iran and the US will play with Iraq and Lebanon. We’re finally, just another country to bargain with. It happened in 1990; and once more, Lebanon has become a wild card.

The US has some problems internally now, with the Democrats in play, which re-vibrates massively to countries that are labeled in folders such as Lebanon, and it’s effects on future tactics.