I dont recall reading such an aggressive and “angry” post by Ghassan Tueni, but he had every right to be angry and his editorial today in Nahar was beautifully written !

The title : Why dont we sue the martyrs ?
… ولماذا لا نحاكم الشهداء؟

I will attempt translating the article or sort of resume the contents.

” I dont wanna go into a debate with the president concerning his sudden position opposing the International tribunal memo that the UN proposed, knowing that he is illegitimate locally and internationally …

What Lahoud did today was never done before, and his position i fear could be the first step towards putting an end to protecting HR in Lebanon and the invididual freedoms by bringing back the Syrian regime !!!

Lahoud has become the symbol of this rotten regime and his last guardian, and has been trying in a very filthy and direspectful way to the victims, defending the innocence of the four generals in jail ..

But what was even worse was Lahoud’s attack on the UNIFIL and the UN, disregarding the latest incident between the Germany navy and the Israeli air force.

What Does Lahoud want ? get Lebanon back to total isolation ? make Lebanon yet again a playground for the wars of others and a base for terrorism ?
Does he want us to think that the martyrs who were killed during his mandate committed suicide … and not just Rafic el Hariri, but Bassel Fleihan and Samir Kassir and George Hawi and Gebran Tueni ??
Or Does he want us to adjust the international tribune text in order to sue those martyrs for killing themselves ?

NO & NO, the international justice shall stay the strongest and most capable, and no one can escape justice ..

Our biggest concern remains that the blood of our martyrs wont be wasted, and let them know that the country that they sacrificed for will punish harshly anyone trying to threaten its sovereighty or trouble its peace and most of all dishonor its martyrs.

Thank you Ghassan Tueni