This world is really amazing…

Yesterday as I listened to Monsignor  Tawk announcing the decisions of the Maronite Bishops meetings on TV, I was struck by the hypocrisy of the so called opposition figures and quite seriously I began to wonder if they believe that the general IQ of the entire Lebanese population is as low as that of their blind followers…

To recap the latest events: after the Dark Tuesday and Dreadful Thursday events, Aoun and Franjiyi, the two Christian figures of the Hezbollah lead opposition met together, and in a public ceremony, signed the “Bkerki Paper” which was an edict by his Holiness Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Maronite Patriarch, calling amongst other things, upon the cessation of all hostilities between brothers of the same religion, calling on keeping the Christian areas far from the destructive methodology that the opposition is resorting to in order to oust the current government.

Once the paper signed, out came the so called “people who care for the Christian community” claiming left and right that the LF and the other Christian factions of 14^th March were avoiding the signature of this pact and they were evading all the responsibilities imparted upon them by the Bkerki call.

Many, quite unfortunately, fell for this propaganda, and failed to realize that it was nothing but a well orchestrated campaign that Aoun and Franjiyi had organized in order to regain some of the Christian street that their behaviors and alliances had scared away.

Now, at this point, I would like to ask Aoun and his company: since you are so jealous of the Christian interests in Lebanon and since you re so intent on respecting the Patriarch’s requests and making sure every one abides by them, how come you are selective in choosing what to take and what to reject from Bkerki???

Knowing the short term memory of some of my fellow Lebanese compatriots, I will not tax their minds with asking them to remember events which took place far back in time…

I will instead ask them to recall December of 2006…merely two months ago…beginning with Bkerki’s request to all the Christians NOT TO TAKE THE STREETS and NOT TO PARTICIPATE in the Hezbollah lead sit in that has, incidentally, been going on ever since until this very day…

If I recall correctly, Aoun did not feel very concerned by this call and his ally Franjiyi even went so far as to announce on Al Manar TV that the Patriarch was “aroused” or “excited” by all the mothers and widows of those who lost their lives and that was why he made his statement (those were the mothers and widows of the martyrs assassinated within the last 5 years…they had gone to the Patriarch to demand him to interfere in order to avoid a new inter-Christian clash, similar to the one of 1990).

Next I will move on to the second event which occurred, and that’s when Patriarch Sfeir sent one of the Maronite Bishops (I believe it was Monsignor Roland Abou Jawdeh) to President Lahoud, asking him to step down in light of all the events that had occurred and to try to defuse the stressed situation. Here again, I did not see Aoun rushing to make sure that the Patriarch’s request was abided. Not to mention that Aoun continues to support Lahoud being in the presidency as per his famous saying “Either I become president or Lahoud remains”.

In every single appearance of the Patriarch (take for instance the one on one interview May Chidiac had with him a couple of weeks back), he has explicitly criticized the sit ins that are crippling Down Town Beirut and has asked that these forms of protests be stopped since they are leading to no where and instead are causing great losses to everyone in the country…again, no sign of life from the general.

Lastly, yesterday’s call came, again criticizing and requesting an immediate halt to practices which were crippling the economy and harming the country…

OK…I guess it’s my right to ask here: why is the general so selective in his acceptance of Bkerki’s requests?

One can’t help but notice that when the going got tough for him on the popularity level,  especially after the bloody incidents that occurred on Tuesday January 23^rd 2007, and after his miserable attempts at diverting the attention to the so called Lebanese Forces militia (remember the famous Photoshop fakes anyone?), General Aoun resorted to playing the strictest sectarian card he had in his hands and that’s pretending to be Bkerki’s best pal…

Seriously, who is this guy trying to fool?

This really goes to prove that absolute power always corrupts absolutely…I guess all this blind following has gone to his head and made him think that the entire Lebanese population would be the same…

Sorry general…you messed up once again…will this be the last time??? judging by your past performances, I doubt it…