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Originally Posted by Youchka I would be grateful if some LFer could answer this question:
In 1990, Syria entered Lebanon as an occupier (yes?). If any LFer thinks it was not an occupier back then (even before SG was thrown in jail please let me know).
My question is:
How can such patriotic people as LFers, be part of a Syrian government, taking into account that Syria was then an occupier? What makes you any different from Petain? |
the answer is very easy youshka, selective memory, selective set of principles, a set of values that comes with an ON/OFF switch, and a huge potential to delude one's self.
not much different from wearing a cross by day and breaking crosses and spraying curses against Christ on walls by night; or having a picture of St Mary and St Charbel on an M16 they use to kill innocent people. we dont need politicians to reach out to geagea's supporters, we rather need shrinks and psychologists to help them out.
that said, i can promise you that if geagea was from any village other than bsharri, he would have been history decades ago, but it is the fact that the LF cadres are clinging to him through tribal ties that is helping him persevere despite committing one grave mistake after the other.