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Originally Posted by taifoon  wallah mazbout 100 bel 100. I think one is better off rearranging few road maps based on this simple insight only.
I doubt it has to do with Arab regime's formulas. A Faraonian regime in Egypt and a royal dynasty in Jordan do already have peace with Israel. The same goes practically for all the rest. Those countries were smart enough to get back all they wanted from Israel, without giving it back a nail of what it economically wanted or hoped for. They had no problems ditching all the rest of their 3ouroubian 'brothers'.. I think it's about time we also do the same, because I am quite confident that neither the syrians nor the palestinians when their peace bell rings, would pay much concern to OUR Lebanese-Israeli cause. Regimes brands don't make much difference here. |
Taifoon, regarding the regime formula issue, the question would be in "Faraonian" regimes and Royal Dynasty how can a lasting peace be guaranteed beyond the Dynasty and "Faronian" rule when these come to their end? Long term lasting peace can only be crafted through governments that represent the people and evolve with them. That was my point, although I still think the fact that they (Egypt, Jordan) have a workable peace formula for today is still a commendable thing...
Regarding Lebanon, I would like to repeat what I said in another thread earlier: Today direct negotiations with Israel on the Lebanese-Israeli conflict is a non-starter. FM has to be against it for the sake of its public locally and regionally, and that's a shame. FM was even against what GMA said regarding joint discussion along with Syria and reiterated that "Lebanon will be the last bla bla bla". Hezbollah is against it categorically for reasons we all know. Even GMA was being careful and discussed them only in the context of Syrian negotiations! Such direct negotiations only have partial support in the Christian and Druze communities today. more broadly, Lebanon cannot negotiate with Israel directly, because Lebanon as a government doesn't exit. It is a bunch of tribes fighting with each other and in many cases beholden to foreign interests, how can they negotiate if they do not unite, and Israel knows that very well. It negotiates with some of the tribes when it serves her needs, like the recent negotiations with Hezbollah on the prisoners... You see for Lebanon to negotiate directly with Israel it needs to be a country first with real governance and a sovereign government. Today it is nothing more than a fragmented farm and in my opinion the main reason for that is the Hezbollah weapons, although there are many other important reasons as well, the arms are the biggest obstacle in the way, and resolving that issue is the beginning of the road to a real nation.