With the state of emergency confusion, the inept political class must have been worried that a week of martial law could expose much of their shortcomings. This week or more could have shown us what independence could have been had these blood merchants cared one iota for the concept. Of course that is assuming the military doesn't pull a Naher El Bared all over the place. But alas we are still after what seems to be a smooth transition to the Siniora uncensored era. No constitutional council, no President, no checks or balances of any sort except for that of the people and particularly that of the opposition, and we know how effective that has been.
The army is out in force in Beirut. 20,000 soldiers/citizens most of them from the furthest regions away from Beirut roam the streets of the capital to keep peace. I wonder what they think of the Capital, what it means to them. A capital that never cared for them but now it calls on them as it desperately needs them. But that's a whole other can of worms.
A Final quick note on yesterday's events. A number of people celebrated the departure of Emile Lahoud from Baabda. Now you might really dislike him, but isn't celebrating now after he's completed his two terms akin to celebrating the departure of your rival team from the World Cup after it won the Final... for a second time!
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"the military pull a Naher El Bared all over the place"? jamal, how can you even speak in such a way about the military? aren't you patriotic? don't forget, we have to support our troops, otherwise we're un-american... er, um, i mean, un-lebanese.
jamal,
Regarding the last paragraph:
they are celeberating "kicking lahoud out of Baabda " after he finished his 9 years of presidency to the last minute.
halla2 keef kicking out?
allah byi3lam :)
I guess they were celebrating and convincing them selves: "we didn't fail in taking him off the chair. We didn't fail" :-)
isn't celebrating now after he's completed his two terms akin to celebrating the departure of your rival team from the World Cup after it won the Final... for a second time!
yes it's exactly the same :)
Haha...
...you guys are seriously trying to be critical of people celebrating Lahoud's departure?
Funny :)
Anyway, I think about it in terms of "Good Riddance", rather than in terms of "we kicked him out" [we didn't].
Mabrouk in any case :)
a grander mabrook when the inept, thick-pocketed government is gone. is that ever going to happen?
jammoula brezidon! jammoula brezidon!
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