Ares on post-castro Cuba

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30LL Interviews with Party Delegates - Part I

Via 30ll.org

30LL correspondent Samir Na3na3 (SN) is on a tour to interview different political parties’ delegates (PDs).
This week, he conducted his first interview. SN was the host of the Progressive Socialist Party delegate, and here’s the text:

SN: Mr. PD, why did you change the party’s flag’s color?
PD: In the current situation we decided that it is in the best interest of our constituency to become the party that defends the Druze interests. Even though we are a secular party, with the current rift in the society, we are now the self-proclaimed defenders of the Druze community.

SN: But doesn’t that contradict what the party stands for?
PD: Well, our leadership knows better about what the party stands for, so please don’t try to act smart with me.

SN: Absolutely not Mr. PD, but I was just wondering because I thought you believed in accountability?
PD: I really feel you are antagonistic, but I will give you the benefit of the doubt. We do believe in accountability. As a matter of fact we hired a lot of Lebanese accountants to be able to arrange some of the irregularities that went on in the ministry of the displaced, but …

Full Interview Here

الدكتور جعجع رد على نصرالله ، والنائب انطوان زهرا ايضا والنائب فارس سعيد كذلك..ومن الطبيعي ان تكر سبحة الردود على المغالطات والطروحات والاقتراحات العشوائية والقراءات المغلوطة والتهديدات التي اطلقها نصرالله بحق قوى 14 اذار.....وايضا وفي هذا السياق وفي اطار تهديده لاسرائيل التي "ستواجه بما لم تشهده من قبل"، سالت مصادر...اذا كانت اسرائيل سقطت في حرب تموز ورئيس وزرائها "غبي واحمق" وجميع الاسرائيليين والصهاينة مرتزقة ومجتمع اسرائيل مفكك والثقة مفقودة بين الجيش والجنرالات.. واذا كانت اسرائيل ستزول تلقائيا وبعد سنوات قليلة بفعل العوامل التاريخية...اذا اذا كان هذا هو الواقع بنظر نصرالله فلماذا يعلن الحرب المفتوحة على اسرائيل ويجر لبنان الى مغامرة جديدة وتشريد ودمار وشهداء... فليترك التاريخ يأخذ مجراه اليس هو من يؤمن بالنصر الالهي .....لنرى التاريخ الالهي ايضا على عهد نصرالله.

This is the level of sophisticated analysis and arguments used by the Geageaist Lebanese Forces militia to discuss current political affairs. It's posted on their website for their partisans to reflect upon.

Reflections on the Hariri memorial

From left to right;

Geagea: (In the name of the Rafik, the Saad and the holy guacamole...)

Mini-Hariri: eeee, .... (1.238.876, 1.238.877, 1.238.879, 1.238.880...)

The higher president of the Phalanges party, former president of the Lebanese republic, keeper of the Lebanese holy grail and chairman of the middle eastern hair club, president Amine Gemayel: (i can see my reflection on this glass... my hairdo is sure better than Walid's.)

Walid: (Wi2am... what can he possibly be saying right this instant, i hope Noura is recording Otv)

On the old rhetoric that an intellectual's pen is his weapon.

On humility

Can anyone tell me when was the last time that this guy wrote something credible?

Suleiman's rise: 2 alarming points.

1- The smoke around his presidential deal has dissipated to unravel a US/KSA approval on his name, orchestrated by the French and the Egyptians in a bargain to lure Syria into Annapolis (this is how cheap the M14's alliance with the west is in terms of "price" given to Syria, at least for now)
All of the above basically means that Suleiman is in debt to at least 5 foreign powers, regional and western. That says something about his term right from the start and about his understanding of what "independence" and "people's choice" mean to him, which practically takes us to the second point.

2- Michel Suleiman's mechanisms were in the background of the political scene, his candidacy is not the product of a Lebanese consensus, but rather of a foreign consensus between major players in the region. He practically owes nothing to the Lebanese people who barely know him, his plans, his "program?" or his political skills. I personally commend his walking pace when touring around the barracks in support for our troops, but that's just about it.
How much are the polls and the choice of the people relevant to him? Because he just accepted taking the place of another ex-General who has the support of a significant part of the Lebanese community without even running against him in elections.

I know i may be harsh on the man from square one, but these are important issues that should be addressed before we start cheering for every "experience" not knowing where it may lead.