Thursday, May 22, 2008
Biggest Lebanese Pro-Government demonstration in America! -- 60 people
Michigan. He was interviewed by the local Arab American News.
"Trust me, the majority of the people are not with the opposition," said Nassif in response.
It's really hard to trust a political party on this subject when they oppose a Lebanese census, oppose having early elections, and gerrymander parliamentary districts to neutralize the Christian votes. If you claim you have the majority, why do you support these tactics? Shouldn't you easily be able to show your "majority"? No, I won't trust you, Mr. Nassif.
"Where are the weapons from the U.S.? They have the weapons and we don't. Iran is helping to destroy Lebanon. If Iran really cares about Lebanon, they will support Lebanon," Nassif said. "We never want any other interference. We don't want no United States, we don't want Syria and we don't want Iran. It will not happen."
Mr. Nassif forgot to mention that Future Movement hired a security firm to train it's militias in Jordan. He also forgot to mention all of the $15,000 rifles that were seized from young Sunni teenagers in Beirut that are now in the hands of the Lebanese Army (I'll take the Lebanese Army's word for it since they can't afford those types of rifles). What about the young Sunni men captured by AMAL and the Lebanese Army that were coaxed into coming to Beirut (from their villages) for secretarial jobs in Future Movement offices, but instead were handed rifles to fight AMAL when they arrived? He claims that he wants an independent Lebanon, but his leader, Saad "the Saudi-Lebanese bastard hybrid" Hariri, takes his marching orders from Saudi Arabia.
Future Youth Association, the breeding ground for Al-Qaeda's Lebanese branch.
"We respect Hizbullah when they fight Israel, but when they kill people in Lebanon, you know this is wrong," he said. "That's not the goal of a resistance… Because they disagree with their [opponents'] opinion, they want to kill them off."
It's the "Sunni's are civilized" argument again. Remember Halba? The Sunni village that watched while 11 SSNP members were beaten to death in the streets? Very civilized, eh? None of these SSNP members were armed, took part in any fighting, they worked in an Opposition office and one of the men murdered wasn't even an SSNP sympathizer, he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. I guess the murderers "disagree with their [opponents'] opinion, they want to kill them off". Touché, Mr. Nassif. Well, I don't remember seeing the opposition doing anything like this - and I leave this as a challenge to any pro-government supporter, prove me wrong.
It's easy to sympathize with freedom of speech, and peace slogans until you start seeing the situation in color. You claim you want peace, yet you have nothing to say about the labor strike protesters that were attacked by your Sunni brothers in Tayyar al-Mustaqbal that helped sparked the recent violence in Lebanon. You claim that your political party's supporters have been bullied and attacked, yet you and your leader Saad Hariri made no mention of the Halba massacres.
Shame on you Mr. Nassif.
http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/index.php?mod=article&cat=Community&article=1062
Monday, May 19, 2008
How to lose an empire in just 3 years!
Here is a very interesting article written from the perspective of a Lebanese Christian. If you don't understand what is going on in Lebanon, it is a very accurate description of the events after Hariri's assassination leading up to now.
http://tayyar.org/Tayyar/News/PoliticalNews/en-US/128553954546154670.htm
Sunday, May 18, 2008
What is REALLY going on in Lebanon? Hezbollah's cakewalk
Although I disagree with some of the points made, the report is quite good nonetheless.
Unpleasant Rising
You're probably asking yourself, is this just another rant about a biased news reporter in a renowned media establishment? My answer is it’s either that, or one of the two writers needs of heavy dose of reality and common sense. Ok, so where did they go wrong this time?
Sectarian Violence the Root of the Current Conflict - Truth or Myth?
Those whistling the tune that professes the existence of sectarianism have some people fooled into believing that that is true. In fact, their constant chant is the wellspring from which sectarian sentiment is fed. "Repeat something long enough and it will become true" - a proven statement about human cognition.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
From a Lebanese Shia to a Lebanese Sunni
Eleven innocent, unarmed men were tortured, beaten, and murdered in Halba by Hariri's Mustaqbal militia. They were murdered not because their religious beliefs (they were Sunni SSNP loyalists), but because they held different political views then the "average" Sunni from Lebanon. The PSP militiamen did the same thing to 3 innocent, unarmed, Hezbollah supporters. They stabbed and shot them to death. But I actually have more respect for the PSP than Mustaqbal, wanna know why? At least Jumblatt admitted responsibility for what his militiamen did. Saad Hariri's speech a couple days ago didn't make one mention of this, because he is a coward and he doesn't want people to know about what happened. Well now you know, let's see how you react. You will either push it aside and ignore it because you are too weak to face the fact that your God sent, divine, classy, educated Sunni Mustaqbal brothers did such a horrible act - or you will face the facts, change your views, and realize that the opposition has legitimate concerns, holds itself in a much more civilized way (since you will never find an incident like this from the opposition, I already named 2 from the pro-goverment people), and the pro-government coalition is using its political power to destabilize the country, and create a monopoly over Lebanon's government (you can't fire the head of the airport because he's Shia, of course he's sympathetic to Hezbollah). What you don't realize is, and you will realize it soon because the Shia aren't going anywhere, is that Hezbollah IS Lebanon. The Shia aren't going anywhere my friend, they aren't going to Iran (they don't want to make or live in an Islamic republic like you talk about), and they aren't going to live under a government that continuously ignores them. This isn't the Shia being controlled by the Hezbollah, or Hezbollah being controlled by Iran and Syria. It's the Shia fighting for their cause. If Hezbollah let the government take away their arms and dismantle their communications network, the Shia would look for new leadership. Trust me. They aren’t sheep. Stop ignoring them, realize they are just as Lebanese as you are, and take compromising steps for dialogue, like Michelle Aoun's memorandum of understanding.
When I look at this conflict I don't see Sunni or Shia. I see two powers, one an oppressor and when that is oppressed. One fighting for a just cause, and one fighting for an unjust cause. I cried when I saw those young mustaqbal militiamen in tears when they were captured by Amal (the teenagers that Hariri took out of villages and promised secretary jobs in Beirut). The opposition had mercy on them, and cried WITH them.
"We are prepared to fight for a few hours but not more," said one of the Sunni fighters in the waning moments of the battle. "Where do we get ammunition and weapons from? We are blocked. The roads are blocked. Even Saad Hariri has left us to face our fate alone."
"You can't just spend millions of dollars to build an army in one year," he said. "They have to be motivated and believe in something. They have to be willing to die."
http://tayyar.org/Tayyar/News/PoliticalNews/en-US/128551436022946934.htmYou are my brother in Islam, you are my brother in Lebanon, and you are my brother in humanity.
Peace.
Monday, May 12, 2008
The Jewish State at 60 - Palestinian Suffering at 60
To me, the only discordant voice is that which emanates from William Kristol and his likes. These producers of white noise are but ignominious individuals that disgrace the very tenants of humanity.
Lets begin by defining a well known term, terrorist. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a terrorist refers to an individual “who attempts to further his views by a system of coercive intimidation.” This description more often than not is attributed to people of dark complexion, stubby beards, loud voices, and hairy noses. Additionally, constant genuflectors, mosque visitors, scholars, students, parents, children, and people with the name “Akhmed” should be added to the mix. Sadly, that term is often used to unjustly deprecate innocent humans, when it should be used to label those who procure it!
Kristol, is an insurgent that has decided to rebel against the standards of morality by promoting the likes of Ze’ev Jabotinsky, a prominent Russian terrorist. Jabotinsky, a founder and leader of the militant Zionist group, Irgun, is responsible for a countless number of terrorist attacks against the indigenous Arab population of
This policy of “active retaliation” is the legacy of brutality that is necessary for
It’s about time to discuss a pragmatic solution to the ailments of the region, and William Kristol’s caustic writing and immoral support for known terrorists, along with the
The miraculous redemption of the Jewish people is a myth fabricated by a Zionist political movement that attained and sustains power at the expense of very valuable blood and the lives of innocence, both Arabic and Jewish. It is justified by