People have been flooding in to Lebanon, in an apparent overmass of Lebanese from Canada, Dubai, France, Australia and throughout the world! 
Inbound flights are overbooked, as Lebanese are joyful to join their families for the festive season.

The New York Times has a descriptive article on Lebanese flowing in, if you haven’t noticed it on your own by [...]

To the al-Hajj family
Khalass! (and The Lebanese Inner Circle) mourns the loss of your son, husband, father, brother.
To the Lebanese Army
Khalass! mourns the loss of a valorous leader.
To Lebanon’s politicians
Khalass! mourns your dereliction of duty and failure to lead the people of Lebanon.

At 6:58 am, a bomb exploded in Baabda, a town known to be heavily secured by the Lebanese National Army. Two people were found dead. Minutes after the explosion, the media stated that Brigadier General Francois el-Hajj and Khairallah Hadwan (Al Hajj’s bodyguard) have been the target of this assassination. Al-Hajj took a lead role [...]

We have a candidate who’s name is being unfenced. Chief General Michel Sleiman’s curriculum vitae is quite impressive.
In his period as Chief General he witnessed the expansion and retreat of the Syrian troops in Lebanon after a period of 25 years of occupation in April, 2005.
In 2006, he held the Lebanese army to advance to [...]