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Pure Chaos!

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victor | 23 July, 2005 10:25

For the past two months, I have been watching the political situation in Lebanon and trying to understand the position, background, and characteristics of the various political parties in Lebanon. The simple result I achieved, although after too much thought, was that ALL Lebanese politicians, with an occupied government or a free one, with an occupied country or a free one, with the support of the majority or the minority; all of these politicians turned out corrupted and chaotic at least in the way they work, the way they act, the way they think, and even the way they explain politics to their parties and followers.All Lebanese citizens ran down to Riad el Solh and Martyrs Square last March. In April, the results of these movements started producing the so-called "dream-fruits" for a free and independent Lebanon. May 2005 witnessed many political "positive" achievements that was centralized with the return of Gen. Michel Aoun from France after 14 years of exhile, the discussions and negotiations regarding Dr. Samir Geagea and his freedom.

The negative side started with the discussions regarding the parliament elections. The following people ALL played important roles in these discussions and ALL led to the current situation whether directly or inderictly: Gen. Michel Aoun, Walid Junblat, Saad El-Hariri, Gen. Emile Lahoud, Michel El-Murr, Gabriel El-Murr, and Suleiman Franjieh. I will try, in other articles in here, to explain how the current situation was the result of these discussions and how each memer influenced Lebanon for GOOD in one way or another.

My main interest in this article is to highlight the following contradiction:
  • Gen. Michel Aoun is supposed to be a leader of all the country. Now, in one way or another, he is jailed in the Christian room.
  • Walid Junblat is against Syria and is supposed to be 100% against Gen. Emile Lahoud. Now, Walid Junblat is in power and has agreed, in one way or another, with Gen. Emile Lahoud or at least share a common vision in the newly-born government.
  • Saad El-Hariri moved from the opposition to power by controlling the majority of the parliament and the government. Now, the same speach still exists with the difference of having NEW faces.
  • Michel El-Murr and Suleiman Franjieh were the main reason for pointing out negative feedback to Gen. Michel Aoun during and after the parliament elections. Now, I can only see them relaxing while Gen. Michel Aoun is paying a high-price for his inconvincing and un-explained allies.
Up to this point, I can only see chaos and negative vibrations in the political atmosphere here in Beirut. The reason, in my own personal opinion, is the lack of well-established political parties where people can meet, discuss, conclude, and advise. My main concern is that this negative atmosphere starts to slow down, decrease, and hopefully vanish so that we can start, again, what was supposed to start on March 14, 2005.

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