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• 1. Shadow | October 8th, 2006 at 7:58 am

  We all know that these people have their own government . they already asssamou balad w byehkou 3an te2ssim .they dont pay taxes , they dont pay electricity neither water. they dont pay anything to the government and they have everything from the government. Roads, Elecricity,Water , daman , They control the airport and they are in all government positions. Beleive me if christian did the same , the government will go bankrupt as they are the only people who pay taxes . Beleive me if government gives to those people who are paying taxes lakenet sheftou manate2 massihiyeh janeh w kentou sheftou manate2on ekleta zbeleh .

• 2. eagle 1 | October 8th, 2006 at 9:29 pm

  It seems those people will not learn, they r trying to control this country;the best solution is for the christians to unite because the coutry is holding on their shoulders only. the chiite and sunite r fighting to control lebanon to make it an islamic state,and they don’t want to build a new country where we all can live together at an equal level.the gov should start taking action cause the country is falling apart, fast.

• 3. White American | November 11th, 2006 at 1:08 pm

  Why not undermine the demagogery of Hiz and Amal with ecoonomic reforms such as enacting a national minimum wage to help bolster the poorer Shia in South Lebanon and ween them from tacit militia support?

  Before there can be political reform, there needs to be economic reform by the people proposing ideas for all citizens of Lebanon based on the needs of every citizen and not the needs of a particular ethnic group.

• 4. White American | November 11th, 2006 at 4:36 pm

  When I said minimum wage I meant an Enforced Minimum Wage. But after speaking with someone from your neck of the woods, commerce might not be the most practical option for the time being.

  I posed this question to someone else, but would be interested in your opinion as well:

  Given reports we get on this side of the ocean regarding the dozen or so assassinations of critics of Hizbullah in the last year, a true democracy doesn’t seem to be possible as long as Nasrallah is walking around with an Iranian supplied rocket launcher.

  In your opinion, what would be the effect of a constant criticism of Nasrallah. He obviously flares up at the slightest remark against him or his party (the riot a few months ago in Beirut over some slight against his character for example). But a constant focused attack, not on Hizbullah, but him directly, like the kind of constant barrage mounted against President Bush.

  At first, the obvious reaction would be outrage on behalf of his supporters, but after a month or so of constantly focusing on his foibles and shortcomings on the issues of spending Iranian money on his militia more than the needy Shia peoples he’s sworn to protect who’ve been hit hardest by the Lebanon-Israeli Summer War, his comfort with the limelight putting himself before the martyrs who have died fighting for his cause in the past, etc.

  How long do you think Nasrallah would survive if the “GET BUSH” Doctrine were applied to him? As time went on, a year or so after the Iraq invasion, the GET BUSH Doctrine began to widdle away at his own republican support in Congress. Repubs began to distance themselves from him. The recent democratic election success had a lot to do not only with Iraq, but with discontent with the republican congress that didn’t support Bush on things they had originally promised to.

  Do you think a prolonged “Get Nasrallah” campaign would be effective in widdeling away his support and the support of Hizbullah by forcing him to focus more on defending himself from accusations than keeping his eye on aiding the impoverished Shia, following the orders coming in from Iran and Syria, etc.?

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