The Apoptosis of Lebanon

Apoptosis is defined as "Programmed Cell Death, better known as cell suicide. I can't find a better analogy to describe what is happening to Lebanon than when a cell decides that its fate is doomed and starts a series of well-defined and coordinated events that will eventually lead to its death. DNA starts to degrade, followed by the disintegration of organelles, cell membrane and metabolism.

Does that sound familiar?  Syria is coordinating a well-defined nuclear process, which is being carried out by its cytoplasmic messengers and will eventually lead to the demise of Lebanon. Sadly, apoptosis is an irreversible cellular process and I hate to think that biology is always right.

March 14 Keeps Turning the Other Cheek

Today's bombing aimed at slowly killing the truth behind the Hariri's and other political assassinations benefits mostly syria. The syrian defiance is no more hidden and certainly defies the world. What is it that makes syria so cocky that no one cares to inflict damage to the 2nd generation Assad regime? Why is it that the International community cares so much about syria? How can bashar get away with all that? syria has nothing to offer: no oil, no strong army, no threat to Israel or any other country besides Lebanon. So what is it? Why can't the syrians be held accountable for the obvious sins that they are committing?

The truth is that all the key anti-syrian players are sitting back and complaining, no action is taken against the syrian thugs who are beating up everybody. Nobody is willing to take syria to war or to push for the demise of their regime, which is ultimately the solution to Lebanon's problem and the utmost syrian fear. 

M14 has miserably failed at every chance to perform a heroic historical move and that is a syrian victory on a golden platter, just like the failure of Israel to win the July war, was a victory to Nasrallah.

The other victory to syria is the pathetic reaction from the Lebanese people. When will a DeGaulle rise to incite the Lebanese to take their destiny into their own hands? For now, they are still watching from the bridge. When will they revolt to the injustice that is being done to them?

So many questions, so few answers and still no counter reaction.

The AOUN Phenomenon

Why did Aoun desert M14 when they could have secured him the Presidency had he stayed on board with them? 

He has more at stake than just the Presidency.

Did Aoun make a deal with the Devil since he was in France?

 He was promised the presidency and more if he would comply with syrian strategy. Bashar would nominate him governor of Lebanon, a syrian protectorate.

Did Aoun want to acquire a militia? 

He surely acts as if he owns Hezbollah and with this alliance, he beefs up his muscles and continuously threatens M14.

So my guess is that his heinous plot is to access the throne, overthrow traditional politicians, reorganize the institutions, change the constitution and institute the Aoun order. Is Aoun foolish enough to bring in the syrians who exiled him, massacred his officers and soldiers and clearly claim Lebanon as their own? 

How can so many people, some of them academics and intellectuals, follow the lead of an irrational man who borders insanity?

I can only speculate, but time holds the secret.

The Usual Suspects

Are we still trying to guess who planted the karantina bomb? As pathetic as it might be, each Lebanese will give you his or her own version depending which side of the fence they're on. For M14, it's clearly our neighbors to the north (syria's proxies), to M8 it's our neighbors to the south (israel) and to the fruity neocons (Orange fans), it's undoubtedly some Machiavelic plan that encompasses M14. 

Is there ever a way out of this craziness? 

FIRST post

Who needs yet another blog (or blogger) about Lebanon?

As it turns out, I keep surfing the prominent blog sites only to find that the same opinions are expressed in different ways with some more eloquently than others. I'm hoping that perhaps this one will add another twist to the Lebanese quagmire as the Lebanese watch from their movie or nightclub seats, the apocalypse and destruction of their country.

Hopefully, this blog will incite the common Lebanese to take up the country in their own hands and proclaim victory over the politicians who sit idle and comfortable in their homes, watching normal citizens collapse one after the other.

What are the politicians doing to save their constituencies from falling to economic collapse after they were elected to office? The brutal answer -simply nothing- ought to incite Lebanese to take up the streets and proclaim victory over these useless politicians of all kinds. 

A new generation of leaders with a clear view is being brewed and a grassroots movement needs to rise not from the ashes of the country, but from the flames that are burning. Hopefully, a new dawn will soon rise because the ones feeding the fire are not stopping anytime soon.

As Gibran Khalil Gibran wrote in the "Prophet" (and John Kennedy repeated after him):

Ask not what your country can do for you but what YOU can do for your country.