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Originally Posted by vegojimbo

I will do the same with my comments about KSA. deal?

No problem to me. That makes your comments are just as credible as Rai's.

Originally Posted by vegojimbo

I beg to differ. FM is well armed, yet its members are not well trained. As well, FM finances many paramilitary groups in the North and South as well (Afwaj Trablous, Jund el Cham, 3osbat el Ansar, etc...)

Not really. Like Aoun once said, many people have individual arms, with those, Hariri's supporters could have lasted for more than 2 days, were they really fighting. But after all, what is a militia all about? Besides arms, there is the training, the logistics, the communications, and the military leadership. FM has none of that, at least not more than FPM does.

Originally Posted by vegojimbo

It doesn't matter whether the FM militiamen lasted long or not. What matters is that they were able to keep firing for 2 whole days. That's a lot of ammo. Not to forget what was confiscated in some of its offices.

Of course it does matter.

Originally Posted by vegojimbo

As for the dudes in ur village being able to stand against HA fighters for more than 2 days, I seriously doubt.

With hunting rifles, and slingshots.

Afwaj Trablous is linked to which party?
Saad Hariri, by just one signature, being able to end an entire month of clashes means what exactly?

Originally Posted by vegojimbo

Not violence or repression but refusal to accept freedom of speech for others. remember the Chaoul manifesto? And can we forget that each time GMA verbally criticizes someone he is labeled as attacking freedom of speech whilst others are free to bash him day and night without a single reproach?

That's difference of opinions, and part of freedom of speech.

Originally Posted by vegojimbo

And what about the lawsuits raised by FPM against Shira3 and others? why do they keep on getting postponed while one single attack from Wahhab on Hariri pushed the courts to force him to pay damages?

You have to ask the tribunal about that. It's a totally irrelevant argument though when discussing FM's attitude toward freedom of speech.

Originally Posted by vegojimbo

As for repression, well The Information Branch of the ISf, ring a bell? Did u forget about the incident where 2 FPM activists (who were former bodyguards of GMA in 2005) were arrested by the ISF with no "mouzakkarat taw2if" for 2 days without their parents knowing their whereabouts only to be released later after the involvement of the LA?

One moment you're against militiamen, the second moment you're defending them. But again, that's an irrelevant argument if you're using it against FM; You have to question the ISF about it.

Hezbollah's burning of the Future TV, or the riots over Bassmat Watan's depiction of Nasrallah, or its "Tahher ni3ak"'s comments speak louder. Those are small examples.

Originally Posted by vegojimbo

Pretty obvious...

Without a shred of doubt. It's secular, and that doesn't mean it's not sectarian.

Originally Posted by vegojimbo

What has that got to do with what I wrote before?

It has everything to do with it. You were ranting about giving licenses to an Islamic party, so how could you be allied with one?

Originally Posted by vegojimbo

Check my first reply in this post.

So, as you previously described al Rai's information, your accusations to FM are bogus?