In Lebanon, We Blame it on "Ghosts"
Source: Al-Manar TV, 27-1-2008
More than 20 attacks with booby trapped cars or explosives have taken place since the government of Fouad Saniora took office in 2005. More than 20 attacks and the interior ministry headed by unconstitutional minister Hasan Sabaa, did not yet announce uncovering a single thread; instead "the ghosts are to be blamed."
These 'ghosts' as minister Sabaa likes to call them, have so far succeeded in giving some politicians the substance they need to agitate this country.
There is an old saying here in Lebanon that says "blame it on the Italians." It clearly reflects a trend by some Lebanese to blame absolutely anyone for their calamities, no matter how far he is, except for themselves. Even I can blame the Martians for anything I like, but would I have the evidence to back my claims?
MP Walid Jumblatt, the head of the Democratic Gathering parliamentary bloc, who admitted lying to the Syrians for 25 years
"just to survive" and whose lie cost the lives of thousands of Christians in his region, has proven himself to be a man of principle; he will never abandon a symphony he's been chanting since more than 2 years: "Syria and its allies in Lebanon are responsible for the assassination of (.......)" and then he fills in the blank. For most Lebanese, who feel that their minds are insulted every time Jumblatt analyses a certain situation, the blood of martyrs is not substance for exploitation.
Of course, Jumblatt, accused Syria and its allies in Lebanon for standing behind the assassination of ISF martyr Major Wissam Eid and the other martyrs who were killed with him in Friday's car bomb attack in Beirut.
Jumblatt told the pro-February 14 Future TV station that he is convinced that booby trapped cars couldn't just wander around so extensively without "the knowledge of some allies." But Jumblatt did not criticize his allies in the ruling bloc for failing to establish security in the country, especially when most security apparatuses have been under their control for more than two years. Mr. Jumblatt also refrained from criticizing dozens of regional and international intelligence services (according to US reports) who have been swarming in the country ever since Syria withdrew its forces from Lebanon in 2005. Perhaps the man has more conviction in "ghosts" than in evidence. Or perhaps he will be lying for another 25 costly years on the Americans and on his allies, God knows for what reason.
Jumblatt also scolded Arab states for their 'hesitation and fear from the Syrian regime." He called them to 'name Syria as the state hindering the solution in Lebanon." Jumblatt, of course, did not forget to accuse Hizbullah of facilitating "Syria's mission." The so called democratic Jumblatt announced his refusal to have dialogue with the opposition or to meet any of its leaders, "so I don't get the feeling of making dialogue with the Syrian regime."
More than 20 attacks with booby trapped cars or explosives have taken place since the government of Fouad Saniora took office in 2005. More than 20 attacks and the interior ministry headed by unconstitutional minister Hasan Sabaa, did not yet announce uncovering a single thread; instead "the ghosts are to be blamed."
These 'ghosts' as minister Sabaa likes to call them, have so far succeeded in giving some politicians the substance they need to agitate this country.
There is an old saying here in Lebanon that says "blame it on the Italians." It clearly reflects a trend by some Lebanese to blame absolutely anyone for their calamities, no matter how far he is, except for themselves. Even I can blame the Martians for anything I like, but would I have the evidence to back my claims?
MP Walid Jumblatt, the head of the Democratic Gathering parliamentary bloc, who admitted lying to the Syrians for 25 years
"just to survive" and whose lie cost the lives of thousands of Christians in his region, has proven himself to be a man of principle; he will never abandon a symphony he's been chanting since more than 2 years: "Syria and its allies in Lebanon are responsible for the assassination of (.......)" and then he fills in the blank. For most Lebanese, who feel that their minds are insulted every time Jumblatt analyses a certain situation, the blood of martyrs is not substance for exploitation.
Of course, Jumblatt, accused Syria and its allies in Lebanon for standing behind the assassination of ISF martyr Major Wissam Eid and the other martyrs who were killed with him in Friday's car bomb attack in Beirut.
Jumblatt told the pro-February 14 Future TV station that he is convinced that booby trapped cars couldn't just wander around so extensively without "the knowledge of some allies." But Jumblatt did not criticize his allies in the ruling bloc for failing to establish security in the country, especially when most security apparatuses have been under their control for more than two years. Mr. Jumblatt also refrained from criticizing dozens of regional and international intelligence services (according to US reports) who have been swarming in the country ever since Syria withdrew its forces from Lebanon in 2005. Perhaps the man has more conviction in "ghosts" than in evidence. Or perhaps he will be lying for another 25 costly years on the Americans and on his allies, God knows for what reason.
Jumblatt also scolded Arab states for their 'hesitation and fear from the Syrian regime." He called them to 'name Syria as the state hindering the solution in Lebanon." Jumblatt, of course, did not forget to accuse Hizbullah of facilitating "Syria's mission." The so called democratic Jumblatt announced his refusal to have dialogue with the opposition or to meet any of its leaders, "so I don't get the feeling of making dialogue with the Syrian regime."
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