tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post115672983427953317..comments2024-03-23T02:40:59.858-05:00Comments on The Lebanese Bloggers: EIU: Lebanon GDP to fall by 10% in 2006Rajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625042447499335907noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1156946683711510762006-08-30T09:04:00.000-05:002006-08-30T09:04:00.000-05:00sherri sherri sherrias soon as i see a long commen...sherri sherri sherri<BR/><BR/>as soon as i see a long comment - i know its you ;)<BR/><BR/>god bless yaLirunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165940866092660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1156789914429396572006-08-28T13:31:00.000-05:002006-08-28T13:31:00.000-05:00To g. DamianiWhat is patriotic about this struggle...To g. Damiani<BR/><BR/>What is patriotic about this struggle? The Lebanese army is toothless and Sheikh Nasrallah admitted in an interview that what fell on Israel in this conflict is HALF of what they have. This means that a second conflict could not be bigger than this and would of course end HA. and the Result? let's see: Lebanon's GDP gonna fall by 10% this year and Israel's GDP gonna grow by 4.8% this year according to MOrgan Stanley... what can I say, the sweet taste of victory. Israel did not even break their budget. You want to fight Israel? Not at Lebanon's expense. There is no patriotism in running to your doom.The Middle East News Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749242148575158828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1156789667384049702006-08-28T13:27:00.000-05:002006-08-28T13:27:00.000-05:00one thing is abundantly obvious.. both sides need ...one thing is abundantly obvious.. both sides need to make peace with themselves as well as with their neighbours..<BR/><BR/>we have some social versions of the afrosyrian divide on our side of the border as well..<BR/><BR/>funny thing is - in some ways i believe it will be easier for us to make international peace than it will to appease our various respective factions..<BR/><BR/>wishing us all peace at all levels<BR/><BR/>lirun<BR/>telaviv<BR/>www.emspeace.blogspot.comLirunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165940866092660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1156770469783573232006-08-28T08:07:00.000-05:002006-08-28T08:07:00.000-05:00Allow me a quick answer, though I understand this ...Allow me a quick answer, though I understand this is not a forum<BR/><BR/>1. Well Lebanese of all faiths are part of the struggle at all level as well documented – though not enough – even of foreign medias.<BR/><BR/>2. It is down-rotten and the south has always been historically abandoned by the central government. That some (even a lot of) Shi'ias are rich does not change this basic fact. Indeed I don't recall a lot of Lebanese strolling in Portemilio, Rimal or doing some happening-gathering in the city centre last year having joined in the 18 years struggle to free the south – part and parcel of the Sovereign state called – Lebanon !gdamianihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902501489545152828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1156768736657831972006-08-28T07:38:00.000-05:002006-08-28T07:38:00.000-05:00g damiani, to say that jihad al a'amar is working ...g damiani, <BR/><BR/>to say that jihad al a'amar is working for all of Lebanon is similar in tone to the ridiculous claim by Hizballah that Lebanese from all faiths are welcome to join it and fight the Israelis. I'll stop there.<BR/><BR/>As for your "credibility" issue, please... why didn't the iranian plane land despite the fact that subsequent planes had no problems doing so. You see, the entire world came out against the American government when it trumped up the WMD case, however Turkey was involved in this case. Another thing: Hizballah officials, during the war, came out and said it straight out: "We get armed by the Iranians just like how the Israelis get armed by the americans." Ooops! Talk about a major U Turn... except the officials, as always, used "Israel" to justify their lie, and hence got away with it.<BR/><BR/>And finally, please spare me the "down-trodden" bull-crap. Some of the most powerfull elements of Lebanon's commercial class today are Shi'a. Have you been to Lebanon lately? Verdun 730, Verdun 732, Concorde, half the appartments in Ramlet el Bayda, Sa2eyt el Janzeer, and more. C'mon man! Are you blind???Rajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02625042447499335907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1156764634347505682006-08-28T06:30:00.000-05:002006-08-28T06:30:00.000-05:00What about the Patriotic struggle – of all the so-...What about the Patriotic struggle – of all the so-called patriotic groups – to free Lebanese land ? Over and above were is the Lebanese government effort in the reconstruction effort (which by the way in the case of Jihad al A'amar is not restricted to Shiia as your article implies – "no doubt, much appreciated by the Shi'ite population") ? As before as always – from the so-called Lebanese elites – long live the shopping centre... and Paris. Hear no evil, see no evil !<BR/><BR/>As far as credibility goes this piece does not help either "According to press reports, the plane was filled with silk-worm surface-to-ship missiles of the kind used to damage an Israeli ship off Lebanese shores." Press reports indeed the same that reported about Iraq's WMD.<BR/><BR/>A footnote. The existence of Hibz Allah derive from the historic abandonment by the central government of the South and the inherent and pervasive "class" racism that prevails vis-a-vis the downrotten southerner, and this span far more than the past 15 years. In other words the Hizb Allah is "your" baby.gdamianihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902501489545152828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1156753984853455012006-08-28T03:33:00.000-05:002006-08-28T03:33:00.000-05:00all the more reason to continue our efforts to com...all the more reason to continue our efforts to communicate and dig our tunnels of contact..<BR/><BR/>once our myths crumble and peace emerges the GDP fall will be just an annoying memory..<BR/><BR/>forever optimistic<BR/><BR/>lirun<BR/>telaviv<BR/>www.emspeace.blogspot.comLirunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165940866092660086noreply@blogger.com