Mr. Michel Aoun made an incredibly shrewd decision in having civilians at the border talks. He’s using this as leverage against Amal and Hezbollah’s policy of clinging to the finance ministry.
Wow, now I know why they call him General!
Are you sure you are from Lebanon?You have deep seated hatred.
FYI, we used to have high illiteracy rate. That has changed. Not thanks to the state you led, but thanks to our efforts. Our areas are adorned with beautiful houses and buildings thanks to our hard work. And yes, we have enterprising businesses both home and abroad. And we have built universities and schools and hospitals. We did for ourselves all that your foolish, incompetent and apartheid state you led could not provide. Do you want to deny that? Or are you just after egotistical nonsense and trying to prove to be better than others, when you are not. And yet, we are also proud of our weapons and fighters. It is not idiots that use advanced weapons. It was not idiots that drove our the fourth strongest army out of our land. All these are things your state couldn't do when you dominated and led everyone and also marginalised everyone.
The state you led was famous for this mad saying: "Lebanon is strong through its weakness".
Kif ya3ne? Why would HA or Amal lose or win anything from who the president appoints to negotiate?Mr. Michel Aoun made an incredibly shrewd decision in having civilians at the border talks. He’s using this as leverage against Amal and Hezbollah’s policy of clinging to the finance ministry.
Wow, now I know why they call him General!
Kif ya3ne? Why would HA or Amal lose or win anything from who the president appoints to negotiate?
The important piece is that whoever they are they protect Lebanon’s interests...!
I think this is far fetched. The only thing one can reasonably assume is that Berri said army and GMA appointee a civilian, as in he will use his prerogative as president to assign whoever he wants and berri can’t do anything and has no influence. But it’s all fluffy if you ask me, only pisses off berri and the duo supporters because they believe they have a god given right to dictate everything and force it on everyone.It’s not about who the president appoints, but at what capacity the persons appointed are operating within.
Hezbollah’s very existence is rooted in its conflict with Israel. There is an uncanny resemblance between their most ardent supporters and the wild boars as seen in the popular anime film, Princess Mononoke. You can’t reason with them, as they were conditioned from a very young age to profusely love Mr. Nasrallah to the highest degree possible, and to destroy Israel no matter what it takes.
That’s all they know, and once you’ve got them moving in a particular direction, you can’t stop or restrict them. You can shout, slap them around, starve them- anything!- but they won’t budge. There’s simply no communication with them.
Ergo, in appointing civilians, Mr. Aoun strikes them at their most vulnerable spot. What is Hezbollah without Israel? Obsolete. Mr. Aoun is basically telling the Shiite duo that they can cling to the MoF all that they want, but even if they do end up retaining it, their victory will be meaningless.
Nice one, Mr. President!
I think this is far fetched. The only thing one can reasonably assume is that Berri said army and GMA appointee a civilian, as in he will use his prerogative as president to assign whoever he wants and berri can’t do anything and has no influence. But it’s all fluffy if you ask me, only pisses off berri and the duo supporters because they believe they have a god given right to dictate everything and force it on everyone.
as for the weapons, HA will not give up its weapons even if Israel ceases to exist. They need them to maintain a firm grip on a major lebanese sect and the lebanese state.
as for the weapons, HA will not give up its weapons even if Israel ceases to exist. They need them to maintain a firm grip on a major lebanese sect and the lebanese state.
I don’t know about all this... I was commenting on the choice of civilians for the negotiations....In respect to the latter point, the military-grade and sophisticated weaponry of Hezbollah needs routine maintenance, and maintenance costs money. Further, the group needs to be constantly upgrading and advancing its capabilities against its perceived threat, which also costs money.
Given that America is increasingly limiting Hezbollah’s (and by extension Iran’s) ability to procure the needed funds, accidental munition explosions (as seen in the South a couple of weeks ago) will be a regular occurrence.
We may be witnessing a simultaneous situation where Lebanon as a state gets closer to Israel, while Hezbollah’s potency as a formidable fighting force incrementally fades away because of a lack of critically-needed cash-reserves.
This is not true. Sorry if the truth doesn't suit your propaganda.This guy was so anti Israel
Ok, he was a pro Israeli and wanted peace... yalla go and defend him. What’s next “he had no choice but going to Israeli hospitals” or “this is humanitarian and nothing to do with politics”?This is not true. Sorry if the truth doesn't suit your propaganda.
I really dont know if you are just a bigot or a bigot combined with deep stupidity.
You want to convince us how successful your state was but at the same time you rub on our face that we are so poor, illiterate and backward and we lack so many things. So this means your state was so sectional and unsuccessful in making the entire country prosperous. When you have major parts of the country that lived in deprivation, that is a failure on your part. Not success. If you had the presidency with full executive powers and you still failed to make others feel the impact of your powers and privileges, what exactly are you trying to convince others? That you are good for them?
I have nothing to prove to you. But our situation today is way better than it was 70 years ago when you had all the power in the word, thanks to bending down to the colonial master. And all we have is not thanks to your state. And with all you boast, we are better than you in everything. You can die in jealousy, envy and sectarian malice.
You are not seeking a dialogue. You are after a pissing contest like an idiot. Thank you.
Ok, he was a pro Israeli and wanted peace... yalla go and defend him. What’s next “he had no choice but going to Israeli hospitals” or “this is humanitarian and nothing to do with politics”?
Stop hypocrisy, in this case tomorrow HN will go to Israel get treated !?
Btw they are curing cancers and there are thousands of Lebanese going every year. Read blogs from SLA members
So it’s the government’s fault that Shiites living in the middle of no where (the South, otherwise known as no-man’s land) happened to be less developed than the mainland? Mind you, this is the 50s-60s, where technology wasn’t near as advanced as it is today.
Is that what you’re whining about? You make it seem as if Lebanon had actual discriminatory laws against Shiites....
The shiites are unfortunately fed lies and hate since their birth against the state.
In 1920, true their conditions were difficult and the state worked hard to provide support to the communities. One needs to compare the resources and support from 1920 till 1975 which are all documented to realize that the marounyeh syesyeh provided huge resources in particular to the shiites.
Unfortunately, all was vain in their ideologies, and you can witness their resentment to the state and the revenge they seek on the institutions.
Just sense the anger in most of the forumers.