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• Actually everything he said on Sunday revolved around Nasrallah's speech. Would he have had the rally hadn't there been a "Victory" rally two days earlier? If yes, what would he have talked about? Probably his sectarian mindset. You're right again.

  By  Hassan, at 9:27 AM  

• Who isn't in Lebanon ya laz? 3anjad tell me who???? Jounblat was, Berri was, HA took part in the war specially against Amal and then against the national resistance. Aoun took part with his 8th brigade in sook il garb. No one has clean hands. So i don't see your point in concentrating on GaeGae.

  By  AbdulKarim, at 11:33 AM  

• Aoun again in his war against LF...

  By  AbdulKarim, at 11:34 AM  

• abdulkarim,
  
  throughout the 1+ year this blog has existed, i have criticized the names you mention - i have called them all war criminals at some point or another. today i concentrated on geagea simply because of his speech yesterday.
  
  lebanon will continue the way it is as long as those responsible for the civil war (both its onset and its perpetuation) and those responsible for corrupt and undemocratic practices in the past 15 years are still in charge. there are many things i am unsure of, but this is not one of them.
  
  these people need to be held accountable if lebanon is to transcend the hold its past has on its present and future. and that can't happen if we just conveniently accept such people representing us simply because "no one has clean hands."

  By  Lazarus, at 11:52 AM  

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  By  Laila K, at 2:00 PM  

• shee bi2arref. thank god i cant get hold of these speeches on my cable-less tv. and i couldnt agree more with what you said in your last comment.

  By  Laila K, at 2:01 PM  

• I am far from being a supporter of Geagea ... but after 10 years in prison (we're talking a serious long tough experience here), don't you think he changed somehow and reconsidered the path he took before and is taking now? his approach to events?
  I may be having lots of faith in human beings but I believe we change with every relationship, encounter, difficult situation, sad moments, don't you think it is possible that someone can change after being imprisoned for 10 years? Do you think we should keep judging him the same way we used to judge him 10 years back?

  By  AM, at 2:08 PM  

• I tend to hold a similar view to am's. But then again, Lebanon still maintains capital punishment - you can never be forgiven for what you've done. So who's backward? The system, or those who still stick to the past and ask for the impossible? Both, it would seem.

  By  shades9662, at 3:41 PM  

• Unrelated comment, but this is the book i recommended to my evangelical visitor. It is Gerard Colby and Charlotte Dennett's "Thy Will Be Done: The Conquest of the Amazon : Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil." As I said before, Charlotte is an old Daily Star hand from the way, way back ... Synposis here: http://www.cephas-library.com/church_n_state_rockefeller_and_evangelism.html
  
  I find it fascinating on multiple levels. Enjoy.
  
  Also, I am open to a collaborative effort on the screenplay ... ;)

  By  Unknown, at 10:39 AM  

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  By  Unknown, at 10:42 AM  

• thanks for the title. i read the first few pages, and now i understand why your visitor thought it was a conspiracy - it goes against her version of things. although long, it should be a great read!
  
  and that screenplay should be fun to work on.
  
  blessings ... ;)

  By  Lazarus, at 4:56 PM  

• I hated myselft in July when I felt that Nasralla was being pictured as our savior.
  I hated myself for seeing in Geagea someone who is, probably for the first time, standing for the lebanese.
  It is unfortunate that, as you said, the leaders / politicians we had during the war, redeemed themselves. At this stage, I would definitely feel more inclined for geagea & co, than Nasralla.
  I wish we had better options, but we dont. So where do we go from here?

  By  Paul, at 10:26 PM  

• not very informed about his politics, but I see am's point..then again i am making use of your discussion here to further inform my self in the matter
  best

  By  White Wings, at 4:55 PM  

• Yisslam hal timm!!

  By  Delirious, at 12:17 PM  

• bla bla bla... eh ma elkoun ella el shaaaamm.. shou badkoun bel siyaseh entou... eh ? mou ? faja2tkoum ?

  By  Anonymous, at 6:53 AM  

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