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23rd June 2009
By Pierre Sarkis
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> >
> > I feel like we are living in the Dark Middle Ages when the
> > Catholic Church was
> > in total control of people's lives.
> >
> > The Pope was the Ruler of Europe, practicing politics,
> > striking alliances with
> > kings, princes and feudal lords, owning wealth, riches and
> > real estatem
> > involved in corruption and nepotism.
> >
> > People were categorized as believers, worthy of grace and
> > salvation, or
> > non-believers, worthy of damnation, tried and sentenced to
> > death in Roman
> > Catholic Tribunals, better known as the Inquisition.
> >
> > Isn't this where Patriarch Sfeir and his clone, Bishop
> > Bechara Al Rai'i seem to
> > be living these days?
> >
> > Bihsop Al Rai'i is judging who is a good Christian
> > worthy of Church privileges
> > and support, and who is not, and thus, should face the
> > wrath of the church.
> >
> > This religious arbitration is simply because people oppose
> > church interference
> > in the affairs of the state.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sorry Father, i find myself asking you, for the sake of
> > this country, the
> > Christians and all people Living in this land, to simply
> > resign.
> >
> > Just quit Father! You have outlived your productive years
> > and we are suffering
> > because of your policies, decision-making and you opinions
> > concerning some
> > politicians. It is said that the Glory of Lebanon is given
> > to you; I say the
> > Destruction of Lebanon is given to you!
> >
> >
> >
> > What do you exactly mean, Father, that if the opposition
> > grabs power it would
> > threaten Lebanon's stability and security?
> >
> > If the opposition takes over after June 2009, it would have
> > done so through
> > free and transparent parliamentary elections, and the
> > people would have spoken.
> >
> > So we, in the opposition, will be dangerous to Lebanon? You
> > believe you are
> > more Lebanese than we are ?
> >
> > How dare you say that 50%, maybe more of the Lebanese
> > people who support the
> > opposition? Are around 60% of the Christians in this
> > coutnry, who support the
> > Madman of Rabieh working against the best interests of
> > Lebanon?
> >
> > Do you believe all what you read and all what the real
> > traitors, the new
> > independents, soverignists and liberalists who robbed this
> > country clean and
> > their Syrian allies, tell you today?
> >
> > Were they expressing these feelings during the Syrian
> > occupation of Lebanon, or
> > were they cheering for Roustom Ghazali, and offering him
> > the keys to the city
> > of Beirut?
> >
> > How could you sit and talk to the same people, who along
> > with the Syrians, held
> > you hostage in Bkerke for 15 years? What measures of
> > resistance, other than
> > your so-called famous September 2000 Council of Bishops
> > monthly statement, did
> > you and your Dark Middle Ages Bishops call for, other than
> > demanding Syrian's
> > withdrawal from Lebanon?
> >
> > As an objection to Syrian occupation of Lebanon, you should
> > have conducted
> > sit-ins at the Baabda Palace, or at Anjar, with your
> > Bishops.
> >
> > How about Civil disobedience? How soon you forget that your
> > biggest supporter
> > then, was the same Madman of Rabiyeh whom you consider
> > today, to be a danger to
> > Lebanon.
> >
> > Had you had a sit-in at Anjar at the time, you would have
> > seen all your
> > newly-acquired allies of today, busy kissing not your hand,
> > but the hands, feet
> > and derrieres of their Syrian Masters. THey were never
> > Lebanese first but
> > catered to Arab interests.
> >
> >
> >
> > Father, allow me to refresh your tired 80+ year memory. All
> > the people you are
> > embracing today are mostly responsible for the situation we
> > are in.
> >
> > Remember when the Palestinians ruled Lebanon from the late
> > 1960s until the late
> > 1980s?
> >
> >
> >
> > Their LEbanese allies were the Mourabitoun, the SOcialist
> > Progressive Party,
> > all the SUnni Political Establishment, all the progressive
> > parties as they were
> > known then.
> >
> > They chose to carry weapons against their Lebanese
> > compatriots in the Phalange
> > Party, the National Liberal PArty, the Maronite Tanzim and
> > the Guardians of the
> > Cedars.
> >
> > They chose to fight against their Lebanese brothers.
> >
> > As we were then members in political parties fighting
> > against Palestinians, we
> > were called isolationists, imperialists, fascist and more
> > more Father, simply
> > because we decided to defend our country against
> > Palestinian hegemony.
> >
> > Where were you then, on the moon?
> >
> >
> >
> > How dare you brand us dangerous to Lebanon, when we have
> > put our lives on the
> > line, to defend our country?
> >
> > Was your own life ever in danger in defense of this
> > country, Sir?
> >
> > If yes, tell us where and when!
> >
> >
> >
> > Then Father, the Palestinians left, and those same people
> > switched their
> > loyalty to their new allies, or I should say, masters the
> > Syrians.
> >
> > Here, I should refresh your tired memory again. What was
> > your position Father,
> > regarding Syrian bombardment of Baabda Palace, the seat of
> > the Maronite
> > President, when the legitimately and constitutionally
> > appointed Madman of
> > RAbiyeh, occupied it?
> >
> >
> >
> > You have forgotten, haven't you? Had you supported the
> > Madman of Rabiyeh at
> > that time, we would not have had 15 years of Syrian
> > occupation of out country.
> >
> > When we called for the withdrawal of Syrians, way before
> > you did in 2000, we
> > were dragged then, by your visitors today, to jails and
> > torture chambers.
> >
> > You know who was the hero of that moment? You most beloved
> > and cherished,
> > self-proclaimed Christian Leader, Michel Al Murr who ruled
> > this country for the
> > Syrians, for at least 10 years, in his capacity as Minister
> > of Interior.
> >
> > Who can forget the sight on live television, during the
> > special Matn elections,
> > between Gabriel AL Murr, and Mirna Al Murr, for the
> > parliamentary seat vacated
> > by the death of a true hero, Dr. Albert Moukhaiber?
> >
> > Do you remember the Gypsies, Barbarians, Tajikistanis or
> > Turkmenistanis, heaven
> > knows where they came from, who showed up in different
> > areas of the MAtn, to
> > vote for Michel Al Murr, even though he was not a
> > candidate?
> >
> >
> >
> > You know why Father? Because he awarded the Lebanese
> > nationality to total
> > strangers, while many Lebanese, mostly christians who
> > deserve this honor, are
> > still fighting to get it.
> >
> > Those Matn were but a small number of the thousands of
> > people that he bestowed
> > the Lebanese nationality on.
> >
> > There is no telling how much damage this man has done to
> > Lebanese national
> > interests!
> >
> > No doubt, the likes of Michel Al Murr are your heroes
> > especially nowadays,
> > because he has found God and is keeping with him, as he
> > told Marcel Ghanem on
> > LBC, icons, crosses and religious symbols of Medigoriet to
> > protect him and his
> > son Elias.
> >
> > Did he have these when he gave orders during the Syrian
> > occupation of Lebanon,
> > to throw opposition students in jails and dungeons ?
> >
> > And then, who do your other daily visitors represent such
> > as, Camille Ziyadeh,
> > Fares Said, Michel Mouawad, Carlos Edde, or Mansour Ghanem
> > Al Bon? In what
> > language do you, Micho and Carlos communicate?
> >
> > What they all have in common is that they are pure losers
> > who sell you lies and
> > deceit.
> >
> >
> >
> > You have chosen to stray away from Christians public
> > opinion.
> >
> > The Christians have said their word in 2005 and gave their
> > vote of confidence
> > to the Madman of Rabiyeh, and until this situation changes,
> > he shall remain the
> > true and legitimate leader of the Christians, whether you,
> > Father, Michel Al
> > Murr, the old pro-Palestinian and pro-Syrian Lebanese
> > heroes like it or not!
> >
> > Were you no the one who declared, following the elections
> > of 2005, that the
> > Christians finally have a true, legitimate leader?
> >
> > If i have a say in all of this, Michel Al Murr will be
> > tried today on charges
> > of high treason, for turning Lebanon into a Syrian
> > protectorate, and for using his
> > power and authority against his own people.
> >
> > He boasted many times that he was Al Wazir Al Kabaday.
> >
> > Without Syrian support, he would have been but a mouse,
> > running from hole to
> > hole trying to find his piece of cheese.
> >
> >
> >
> > In the 2005 elections, he befriended the Madman of Rabiyeh
> > like a puppy dog
> > because he calculated he will be swamped by the Tsunami of
> > the Madman, and will
> > probably lose the elections.
> >
> > Today, he seems to have found his piece of cheese in
> > Bikfaya with the biggest
> > loser of all, Amin Gemayel.
> >
> > Poor Sheikh Amin! In his own lion's den, he could not
> > beat, Camille Khoury, a
> > total unknown.
> >
> > So, in order for him to feel like he is somebody, Sheikh
> > Amin declared himself
> > President of the Phalange Party, just to claim the
> > presidency of something,
> > anything.
> >
> > He is now another one of these sorry, pitiful nobodies, who
> > are trying to
> > convince themselves, that they are somebodys and with your
> > blessings, Father.
> >
> >
> >
> > Now you know why you need to resign!
> >
> > You have taken sides and have become a party to the
> > conflict and not at the
> > same distance from everybody, as you claim to your
> > visitors.
> >
> > In one of my previous articles, i had advised you to follow
> > the footsteps of
> > one Jerusalem Patriarch, who at 75 decided he was too old
> > for the job, and
> > resigned.
> >
> > Father, follow suit and resign!
> >
> > You have done enough damage to the interests of this
> > country as is, and much
> > more than anyone in the opposition ranks can possibly do.
> >
> > It is going to take many years to fix what you spoiled.
> >
> > Therefore, i believe that remaining as the head of the
> > Maronite Church is the
> > biggest threat this country will ever face.
> >
> > In my book, you are the worst Maronite Patriarch this
> > country has known, and
> > will probably ever know.
> >
> > When you are at your summer retreat at Dimane, just trek
> > down to the deepest
> > part of the Valley of Qannoubine, where your predecessors
> > prayed Father, not
> > played politics and divided their community and their
> > people.
> >
> > Stay down there and pray for God to forgive you, and
> > gradually slip into
> > oblivion.
> >
> > You will do us all a great favor! oh, and before i forget,
> > make sure you take
> > Bishop Al Rai'i with you to the covenant of Mar
> > Antonios Qozhaya.
> >
> > They will take very good care fo him!
> >
> > Plus, life in the valley feels like the Dark Middle ages.
> >
> > In your last sermon few days ago, and talking about the
> > upcoming elections, you
> > addressed the Lebanese by saying, and I quote "If they
> > buy you, they sell
> > you".
> >
> > Were you looking at your mirror when you said that?
> >
> > Father, forgive my sincerity, honesty and bold
> > straightforwardness! |
