what an insult to your lebanesity to say you dont know everything. Are you sure you are not persian trapped in a Lebanese body? You know what ya abu Sandal, I do admire your stamina and your dedication to your political views. MIne are all over the place. It's not really pragmatism as much as it is lack of conviction. One conviction I have held forever is how Lebanese leaders are he luckiest lot in the world. They could rob a country blind, send it into wars civil and uncivil, destroy the hopes of one generation after another, make despair the order of the day and yet we cant even throw 2amar ward at them. And that is because we are so eager to die for them. IMO it all boils down to one thing and that is a very individual matter : What value do we put on our lives since we are so willing to put very little price on it.