With what happened in Tunisia, a lot of Lebanese started saying that this is what should happen in Lebanon. But we always tend to forget one major issue; in Tunisia it was people VS Government, in Lebanon it is People VS People VS Government. This fact makes us as far as possible from being able to overturn things and make a real change!
Now we’re back to the same arguments we used to have on multiple occasions during those past five years. It’s the same things we’re still discussing. It’s a shame! While we’re discussing whose fault it is, speculating, analyzing (especially that all Lebanese are perfect political analysts, and all have “credible” sources of info) and making certainties of so many uncertain things just because our idol and “sect protector” said so!
It’s a shame having Qatar, Syria and Turkey meet in order to solve Lebanese problems without any Lebanese representatives with them.
It’s a shame that what we follow is individual persons (or families) and never a higher cause.
It’s a shame that a “million” would go down on the streets to protect a figure of power when only a dozen are in the streets to protest fuel prices, taxes, corruption…. (The list can grow pretty long)
It’s a shame that we never even thought about questioning our so-called leaders for what they did and their contributions in worsening OUT country since the late 60’s.
It’s a shame!
We will never reach a nationalistic stance like the one the people in Tunisia took. Not because we lack the brains, but because we lack courage. And we lack the insight to know that when it’s people VS people VS Government… It’s the people that are losing; instead of focusing on common VITAL (unless food, warmth, housing, fuel, internet, phones, road safety… are not) demands people are focusing on proving themselves right in matters that are much more entangled than what a mercenary in 14 or 8 blocks is saying!
Yes I am nagging without proposing any solutions, that’s only because we need to make thinking paradigm shift, and that’s something that needs a whole lot of nagging!
