So Jumblat feels he can bark that loud. the word populist come to mind. either that or he knows something most of us dont know. I’m primarily amazing at the short term memory most of our Lebanese brothers and sisters have. Wasnt that same chameleon a dear friend and ally to Damascus at one point? or Geagea , who is officially a murderer by all accounts. I have once given the lebanese far more credit than this. Are they that easily manipulated or is that what we’re lead to believe? perhaps they are that forgiving.
“Perhaps. The reality, however, is that Lebanon continues to live on borrowed time. Its economy - more than $30bn in public debt - is bankrupt. “There is not a businessman, not an architect, not an investor who wants to put money into this country,” a young American-trained urban planner said among the crowd yesterday. “Sure, we won’t have a civil war. But what is our country worth in financial terms?”"
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2271659.ece
the Lebanese seem to have mastered a talent in selective attention, fact avoidance and self delusion. I hardly call that crowd at Martyr square patriotic. And to call a remembrance for someone who in fact was never admired by the public before his death is even more puzzling. Normally, in a civilized environment or society, a sad memory of that nature is expressed in what is called a “one minute silence” allocated on a specific day and time where everyone around the country, who cares, participates. That was enough for 9/11 victims. But not for Hariri (radya allahu 3anhu). people have to make a day of it.
http://www.champress.net/?page=show_det&id=14823
