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.
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