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Ana kamen ma Fhemet

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

I understand one thing and I do not understand another.

I understand and I learned that: The beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

What I do not understand is how almost a year ago the Lebanese Parliament unanimously approved a proposal to lower the voting age to 18 from 21 and this week the Parliament shot down a bill to lower voting age from 21 to 18.

What I do not understand how some say that the group age 18-20 should not be allowed to vote because they are not responsible, they lack correct judgment, …..
Yet these people are allowed to drive, drink alcohol (2 important things that can affect lives more than electing an ijer kirseh).

What is more fascinating is that all political parties target this students from early adolescent years (14 and up) in schools. They work on them and make them politcally active in their schools.
In addition, they call on them for every demonstration, event, ….

If you can count on them in these above things that I mentioned, then you should trust their votes.

This leads to the real question, do you not want them to vote because they are not politcally mature or you are afraid of the Muslim vote?
I hope we have leaders in Lebanon that can answer this question in a very honest way without BSing their followers that the other side “ija la 3ina” and we “coexist” and “Taef” is the base.

My honest reply to the question I asked is that yes Christians are afraid of Muslim votes, yes “ijo la 3ina” was a lie, yes there is no such thing as coexisting and yes Taef is a disaster and federalism is the solution

Hezbollah in Jdeideh … why the suprise and the reaction?

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

From all of those who were surprised and upset from seeing Hezbollah celebrating Imad Mughniyeh and others of their martyrs in jdeideh, the Lebanese Forces and its followers should be the least suprised.
You may say what is wrong with this Mano? It happens that Mano and few others have a very good memory and they do not forget. So this few should be the only one opposing, upset, surprised (well in reality with such people there is no more room for surprises) of Hezbollah even in Jdeideh (note for those (frafir el LF these days) who do not know Jdeideh, jedeideh been a stronghold for the SSNP).
What is worst, having a Hezbollah event in Jedeideh or having Samir Geagea sending Geoges Adwan (his MP) to welcome the criminal quntar and hugging him?
What is worst, having this event in Jdeideh or accepting HA weapons, making it legal and be part of a government that protects the “resistance”?
Again, only few should raise their concern, the rest who attacked those who criticize Geagea decisions (quntar, be part of government that supports HA weapons) should simply pack up and go play in another park.

Is this what we are teaching the new generation of LF?

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

If we go back in time to the mid 70’s to early 90’s, as LF, we used to preach, work, had many projects and ideas to turn Lebanon to a state where Christians from the region can look at as a beacon of light, hope and bright future. We used t work on projects hoping that one day we will bring those Christians to Lebanon and provide them with security and peace.
I still remember Charles Malek, Fouad Frem Boustany , ….among others. I still remember the Lebanese Front …. The LF with Bachir and Samir (the old one and not the one he burried in the ministry of defece).
I was emailed this picture by an old time rafi’ and we both were shocked, surprised, sick, …. you name it.
Is this is the new “I3dad Fikri” in the LF? What a shame and what an end to great project.

The Ally of the LF

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

This is the ally of the LF in the Mountain. He is the ally of the LF in March 14. He is (was) one of the leaders of the cedars revolution. He is one of those that many LFers repeated behind their leader the refrain: “they came to us, they speak our language, they hold our slogans.” This is one of the strategic allies of Samir Geagea. Video of Joumblat Bashing the LF and the Hariri clan: The Strategic Ally

Question to Nadim Gemayel

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

N10452 said in earlier posts, we have a person from Nadim Gemayel team who is willing to answer questions on issues related to Nadim and elections.
The following is taken from Michael Young editorial in Daily Star, 19 March 2009:
“In 2007, Marcel Ghanem hosted a program commemorating the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Bashir Gemayel, the late Lebanese Forces leader who in 1982 was the president-elect for a mere three weeks. Invited on the show was Nadim, Bashir’s son and today a candidate for the Achrafieh constituency. Ghanem asked Nadim what the Taif Accord meant to him, and his answer told us a great deal about the mindset in the Maronite community. “Taif means Christian surrender,” he replied.”
Today Nadim is running on Kataeb ticket that supports Taef agreement and he is proud to be an LF ally who also are Taef agreement supporters. How can Nadim run with a party, ally with another and be part of March 14 and they all support and back Taef while in his own words he said :“Taif means Christian surrender”. ?

LF Supporting the Criminal of Sudan!*&!

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

القوات اللبنانية تؤكد دعم الموقف العربي والافريقي الرافض لتوقيف الرئيس السوداني
زار مسؤول العلاقات الخارجية في القوات اللبنانية المحامي جوزيف نعمه سفير السودان لدى لبنان جمال محمد ابراهيم الثلاثاء في دار السفارة، حيث أعرب نعمه خلال اللقاء عن دعم حزب القوات اللبنانية للموقف العربي والأفريقي

I was waiting for any LF member and supporter to tackle this news. But it seems either they support the decision of the LF or they are extremely ashamed to talk about it and afraid of spreading the news.

Well here it is. I will not talk to much about it, I will add one sentence:
What a DISGRACE. Samir Geagea has no right to take the LF in this direction. If he has a debt to pay to Saad Hariri, he should pay it from his own pocket. Samir Geagea must resign as head of the LF and go enjoy his life.”

Boutros Khawand Vanished in Syria

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Boutros Khawand

Boutros Khawand


ana Khawand does not remember her father. She was four years old when he disappeared. Boutros Khawand, a well-known Lebanese Christian politician, is said to have been kidnapped in December 1992 in East Beirut, in an area controlled by the Syrian Army. “Witnesses saw his car intercepted by a squad of 11 gunmen who forced him into a red van and drove away,” his daughter says. “We haven’t seen him since. Read More…

Aoun and guess who in Syria

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

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Setrida Geagea talks about Federalism!!

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Since when she knows Federalism

ستريدا جعجع: صرفنا النظر عن الفدرالية لانها ضد “الطائف”
04 كانون الأول 2008
اعلنت عضو كتلة “القوات اللبنانية” النائب ستريدا جعجع ان القوات طوت كتاب الحرب. واشارت في حديث لمجلة “الافكار” الى ان القوات تحترم افكار رئيس حزب “الكتائب اللبنانية” ولكنها صرفت النظر عن مشروع الفدرالية لانها ضد الطائف.
وطمأنت جعجع المصطادين في الماء العكر الى ان لا خلاف بين القوات والكتائب والعلاقة بينهما ممتازة.

Well what can I say today but this .. Ahsan ma we say something else:

ذهبَ الحمارُ بأمّ عمرو فلا / هي رجعتْ ولا رجعَ الحمارُ

تحفظ or as we say in english reservation

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

تحفظ means reservation. Today 2 LF ministers Tahafazou (with reservation) on the new government manifesto. A manifesto that gave Hizballah the right to resist, stock and use weapons, …. Again it gave Hizballah the label of resistance.
After all this time, the LF threatening, the LF screaming, the LF shaking its finger in the face of others, LF leader Mr. Samir Geagea saying the resistance word will not pass, he will not accept Hizballah weapons, …. the record that we all heard in the past year. Let us not forget the wonder LF deputy, the hutington graduate Zahra and his daily media political ijtirar.
At the end the LF Thafadit (تحفض means put on a diaper) and not Tahafazit. Thafadit and didn’t resign.
This is another proof of the total collapse of the LF and its political leadership. After all these years of resistance and due to political deals done to free Geagea from prison, the LF thafadit.

A Literature note for March 14

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now….
Oh, what a fall was there…
Then I, and you, and all of us fell down.”
–William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar,” Act 3, Scene 1.

Thank you March 14 leaders. We, the Lebanese people. We, the Million Lebanese (Men, Women, elders and Children) who kicked the Syrians out. We who handed to you a free Lebanon on a silver of plate. I should say Golden. We who handed to you the Cedars Revolution. We tell you thank you. Thank you for opening the door to Syria. Thank you for your ignorance. Thank you for allowing Hezbollah to Knock you down. Thank you for all your efforts. It seems the smartest one in you can’t match the IQ of a 4 years old kid.

You had us behind you, you had the US behind you, Europe and the UN. Syria had her back to the wall. Her allies in Lebanon had their tales between their legs. 3 years and you, the so called politicians and leaders of March 14, lost it all. Hezbollah is smart. March 8 is smart, but they didn’t win because they are smart. They win because your are a bunch of Feudal lords and proved to be nothing but ants in front of Syria and its ally.

I do not blame Hezbollah. Hezbollah is implementing his agenda. I do not blame Aoun any more. Hell he was defending Christians rights in Doha while you, you the damn so called freedom lovers, you the so called Christian representative of our struggle were defending Saad and his money. Shame on you. Shame on you. At the end of the day, Aoun looked like a hero and you looked nothing but servants to Sheikh Saad. You made Aoun look like a savior. You leaders of March 14.

As for you, the once upon a time who used to say “Amin el Mujtama3 Al Masihi Fawqa Kul I3tibar”, what should I tell you? I am ashamed to even address you with a single word. I thought after Doha, you will return to Maarab, after the hard lesson you got there, with a thought to go back to who you were once before you went to prison. When I heard you talking today, I knew for sure that there is no hope in you. The torch you once carried is turned off. You not only went on a tangent, you switched course and decided to stay there.

Allah Yirham Shuhade’na. Allah Yirham kil shab sa’at moudefi3 3an adiyeh ‘eman fiya.

Shakespeare wrote:

“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now….
Oh, what a fall was there…
Then I, and you, and all of us fell down.”
–William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar,” Act 3, Scene 1.

But march 14 are a herd of crocodiles, they do not shed tears. I stand with my fellow Lebanese shedding our tears on every thing we did since 1975 till today. We shed tears on our martyrs whom you have been killing day in day out.

This is our position: Second Class

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Here were the LF and its leader stand, second class behind Hariri, Jumblatt and even Nayla Mouawad.

Funeral second class

Classy Hariri supporters

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

I waited few days to poast this video, hoping the hot heads will cool down. I agree with all of you what Nasrallah and Aoun did is wrong and they should be punished. Yet we tend to forget the other side of the picture. The other side is not innocent either. Check this short video of Future supporters how they insult religion and politicans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=859qEuoWpU0

Is this how we will build Lebanon?
 

Why he attends these meetings?

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

I noticed in every LF deputies meeting I see Eddy Abi Lamaa sitting with them. He is not a deputy. why he is attending these meetings??

By Saying “kitlit al ouwet Al niyebiyeh” held a meeting and put him in that meeting, you are misleading the media, the people …. He lost the elections. He shouldn’t be part of those meetings.

Why we should not ask for an International force.

Friday, July 28th, 2006

Dr. Samir Geagea proposed a month ago an international force (around 20,000) to take over the South. Many politicians (Lebanese and International) are also backing up this solution.

Yesterday Al Zawahiri in his new tape said Al Qaeda will join the fight against Israel, the crusades, …. Hamid Al Ali, a Saudi Cleric, called for the support of Hezbollah. An Egyptian cleric, Al Qaradawi said that “Lebanese Resistance” (HA uses the name Islamic Resistance) is a true Jihad and Sunnites must support the Shiaa in this Jihad.

Imagine having 20,000 International troops in the South. We call the International troops, for Zawahiri, Qaradawi,… they are crusaders. 20,000 innocent soldiers thrown in Lebanon because the lebanese politicians can’t rule the country. Useless Lebanese politicans want an international force to do their job as well as the job of the Lebanese Army.

What we will have, my friends, is another playground for Jihadist movements. I know we have some already on the ground but with additional foreign troops, you will be giving these movements a big present.

The U.S. can’t do a thing against those Jihadists in Iraq. Syria is still pumping radical Muslims to Iraq. By introducing 20,000 foreign soldiers to South Lebanon, those Jihadists will be pumped to Lebanon.

The result will be more killings. This time, innocent international soldiers will die because our politicians can’t rule a country.

Why we should not ask for an international force? They have families, they have lives to live. They do not need to be slaughtered in the name of defending Lebanon democracy. A democracy Killed by our politicians after March 14. instead of moving Lebanon towards a true democracy, they brought it back to their old feudal system.

For the sake of mothers, sisters, wives, children and friends of foreign troops do not bring them to Lebanon. Let them enjoy their lives and freedom.

Who is to blame?

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

I blame the Lebanese people. Almost a year ago, the Lebanese woke up. They took the streets and forced the Syrian Forces to pull out of Lebanon. A few months later, they went back to sleep. By doing so, they allowed the traditional politicians and political parties to take over their revolution and cut it into pieces. The chance of turning Lebanon to a true democratic state was assassinated in front of their eyes and they didn’t budge. They watched the masquerade of “National Dialogue” unfold in front of them, they didn’t blink.

On the Christian sides, they were back to division LF vs. Tayyar. Both parties threw accusations at each others. Their supporters defended their leaders’ decision without even understanding those decisions. In reality, both group and leaders are the same. Both made the same mistakes. Yet, LF members and Tayyar followers didn’t see the tragedy of their leaders’ decision. One signed an accord with Hezbollah; the other entered a government that supports Hezbollah military actions. Both in a way or another politically covered Hezbollah. Result: War in Lebanon, 400 dead and counting, thousands of injured and displaced, total destruction. Same goes for the Muslim Lebanese, in a way or another; they also politically covered Hezbollah actions.

Here comes Mrs. Rice, ready to listen to the Lebanese factions. What do we as LF offer her? We offered her Mr. Adwan. He stood there next to Jumblat and Amin. I am sure both pitched their agendas. This is the “new” LF. We stood by others and accept to be a small player in all this.

What the LF should have done is go back to its original project. A project that had been circulating in the United State political circles as well as military and media. We should have presented her with our solution for Lebanon (I know many will say this is not the time or our solution has been dropped). This solution might be implemented all over the Middle East. Our project might be implemented all over the region, what do we do? We send Mr. Adwan; we drop the chance of presenting it. We drop our project. A week ago, I was reading a study about how federalism should be implemented in the Middle East. How federalism is the only solution for the region. What did we do when we had the chance to meet Mrs. Rice, we send her Mr. Adwan.

Some blame Hezbollah, others blame Israel. I blame the Lebanese people in general for letting go of their cedar revolution and in particular, I blame the Lebanese Forces for dropping federalism as a political project.

Hezbollah took us hostages.

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Hezbollah didn’t only take 2 Israeli soldiers hostages, but he took Lebanon hostage and gave it to its masters (Iran & Syria) as a bargaining chip. Do we Lebanese have a saying in all this? Did Hassan Nasrallah ask us, the Lebanese, if we agreed on such operation? He doesn’t care. He thinks he is untouchable and any decision he makes, we the Lebanese, must obey it. After all he is a Muslim religious leader and Allah path is the right one. He threatened every single Lebanese, right after kidnapping the Israeli soldiers, he asked all Lebanese to stand by his resistance or else. Or else, what? You will pull your Imam Ali sward and cut our heads?

Government: “The act or process of governing, especially the control and administration of public policy in a political unit.”

Why our “so called” politicians are silent? Until when they will keep playing this old record “the decision should be in the hands of the government”. Government!!!! Are you kidding us? This government been engaged in a national dialogue for almost a year and came out empty. This government has 2 Hezbollah ministers whom they didn’t inform this “government” about their military operation in the South against Israel.

This government still labels Hezbollah a resistance. How can they label it a resistance while it doesn’t even report to them? How they can label it a resistance while it calls itself “The Islamic Resistance”? Does this government understand that such resistance doesn’t believe in a country called Lebanon?

Sovereignty: “Supremacy of authority or rule as exercised by a sovereign or sovereign state.”

This, so called government, has not authority or rule over an Islamic resistance in Lebanon. Yet this resistance is represented in government and in parliament. How a country can be sovereign if it has on its soil a military force that doesn’t take order from the government or the national army? How can Lebanon be sovereign if Hezbollah keeps its arms and decides on its own when to drag our country to war?

Democracy: “Government by the people exercised either directly or through elected representatives.”

Hezbollah, like any other Islamic group, joins the political democratic process and once they get what they want, they are the first to open fire on democracy. When they join the political process, we hear and read western media, analysts and politicians, (who lives thousands miles away and only know about these groups through books or the media) calling it a victory. They know nothing about how these organizations work. Do a small research and read what these westerners wrote when Hezbollah was engaged in the “democratic” elections in Lebanon. I was reading at that time and laughing. Now I understand how Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and other terrorist organization can beat the West. They play your game and at the end they shoot you and shoot democracy in the head.

Hezbollah doesn’t believe in democracy. There is no democracy in Islam. There is no democratic election under Islamic law. There is only Islam and the Umma.

A Lebanese politician said:”Hezbollah will prevail”. Ideologically, this leader is supposed to be on the opposite side of the political spectrum of Hezbollah. But he, like others is playing it safe. But if we really look into it, we noticed, even after September 11 and even of what is going in Afghanistan, Iraq, Indonesia, India, London, Madrid… The west still doesn’t get it. The west still thinks with reason they will win over radicalism. They still do not get it. Neither money, reason, houses, infrastructure … Will change a single thing. They will take your money, they will talk to you, they will let you build their towns and infrastructure but when you blink, they will stick a dagger in your back. What is more important of all this for them is simply … Islam. Does the west know what Islam is? No it is not the new last name of Cat Stevens.

Martyr ?!?!?

Friday, July 7th, 2006

بعد اللقاء وجه الدكتور جعجع التعازي الى عائلة “الشهيد” مؤيد العياص الذي قضى في حادثة الجاهلية متمنيا للجرحى الشفاء العاجل

Martyr? This guy is a martyr? Since when people who fight over a picture are Martyrs? Why bringing lower the level of martyrs. By doing so we are lowering our martyrs. A street boy who dies in a street fight with other guys is labeled a Martyr !!!! Since when? Why? Do we owe Jumblat and Hariri this much?

Where is the LF?

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

President Emile Lahoud on several occassions insulted the LF. Yesterday, he insulted its founder Cheikh Bachir Gemayel and few days ago its current leader Dr. Samir Geagea. On both occassions the LF didn’t reply. By not replying, the LF is sending the following messages:

  1. Agree with Lahoud in both cases.
  2. They are too weak to reply.

The founder of the LF, Cheikh Bachir was insulted and the LF didn’t even bother to reply. An instituition that snubs its past and its founder has no place in the future. The person who replied was Amin Gemayel. He should have stayed silent, it would have been better. In His reply Amin said Bachir Gemayel gave his life to Lebanon as well as Hariri. Amin couldn’t help it, he had to use his brother’s name and martyrdom to bargain with. The LF, from their side, they were no place to be seen. They might be seen in parties and fighting with the Aounist. The places where they should be seen and reply, they are no where to be found. If Bachir didn’t exist, would the LF have existed? Would all of us have dreamed about a free country?

In another occasion, Lahoud said Samir Geagea should be the last one to talk because he is condemend with the killing of Karami… What was the LF reaction? As usual, no reaction. Strange. How you allow such kind of talk with no official PR from the LF.

Who doesn’t want them to return?

Friday, April 21st, 2006

The Amnesty law was issued. The rifa’ are supposed to be cleared and allowed to go back to Lebanon. In reality, this is not the case. Many of the rifa’ are not cleared and if they return, they will be dragged to the Ministry of Defense. 

MP Adwan and all LF responsible said that the Amnesty law covers all LF members and not only Dr. Geagea. True many were cleared as we were told. 

Why then some rifa’ are not cleared? Who is holding their files? Who is working on clearing their names? They also have the right to return and see their families. 

They say an LF group including lawyers is taking care of the issue. When several rifa’ checked with the lawyers, the answer was “we did our job and the files are in hakim’s hands.”  

Hakim, the rifa’ outside want to go back home. Can you please move their files forward? Even if you do not like the political decisions many took while you are in prison, but after all there is a cause and years of struggle you shared together. Remember, you were away for 11 years from your parents. They are still away. They are still outside because they believed in you and the cause you carried. The minimum you can do for them is bring them back home.