[J. Abizeid]

Originally Posted by Hye4Lebanon

I disagree,

they can easily fool people in particulary in Lebanon by their over inflated supply of funds of propaganda campaigns which helps as we have seen now.

The gas prices, 350K apartments can be hidden under a rug by simply introducing "threats" of existence on the ground in terms of what the "opposition is capable" of doing. The media campaign that was played against the opposition is of fear which was typical under George W.

Too bad some in Lebanon were deceived by the same people who were in charge during the civil war. Except now, they officially have palaces in parts of the country.

Unfortunately, the Lebanese people must endure a lot of pain before they put their priorities in the proper order. And pain is on the way……
You mentioned the Bush/ neo conservative scams and their fear tactics in the US which is a good example about what’s happening in Lebanon. As we recall, Bush was appointed first time and elected the second time but who might have guessed an African American would become the next US president and that soon? What really did it was the economic meltdown. The American voters overcame their artificial fear and disregarded racism and bigotry as soon as reality hit home. I see the same scenario happening in Lebanon when the economic pain caused by runaway inflation becomes intolerable. Too bad, those who already know the truth will be paying the price with the rest.

What I might add, many of those who supported Bush did it because they lived an illusion thinking the guy and his party were good for business. As it turned out, only the billionaires did well while the middle to upper class suffered the most especially those entrepreneurs and business men that didn’t care about War and ethics. I know so many of them now living a nightmare in disbelieve.