tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post116497627526273676..comments2024-03-23T02:40:59.858-05:00Comments on The Lebanese Bloggers: Small Fish And GeneralsRajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625042447499335907noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1165130986787023972006-12-03T02:29:00.000-05:002006-12-03T02:29:00.000-05:00Doha,The Aoun headed government was indeed a milit...Doha,<BR/><BR/>The Aoun headed government was indeed a military junta. Your fears are well justified. Aoun crippled all sorts of freedom of expression, threatened MPs when they agreed to Taef among other things. Robert Fisk talks briefly about his miserably failed leadership in "Pity the Nation". I agree with you that this man is not trustworthy.Ibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116007767940657807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1165039586649895862006-12-02T01:06:00.000-05:002006-12-02T01:06:00.000-05:00A poll of Lebanese taken in mid-November 2006.http...A poll of Lebanese taken in mid-November 2006.<BR/>http://www.brook.edu/comm/events/2006Lebanon.pdf<BR/><BR/>After the war, your view on Hezbollah is<BR/>More Positive: 40%<BR/>More Negative: 28%<BR/>Not Changed: 25%<BR/><BR/>Opinion towards the US:<BR/>Very Unfavorable: 53%<BR/>Unfavorable: 13%<BR/>Favorable: 18%<BR/>Very Favorable: 9%<BR/><BR/>Leader you admire most<BR/>Chirac: 23%<BR/>Chavez: 17%<BR/>Ahmadinejad: 10%<BR/>Bush: 0%<BR/><BR/>One of two countries named that are biggest threat to you:<BR/>Israel: 82%<BR/>US: 60%<BR/>Syria: 37%<BR/>Iran: 22%<BR/><BR/>So most Lebanese are more threatened the US and Israel than by Iran and Syria. These are not good results for Seniora - who is openly supported by the nations that Lebanese say they are most threatened by.Arnold Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445744338502151561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968421.post-1165008199627371552006-12-01T16:23:00.000-05:002006-12-01T16:23:00.000-05:00In response to the notation at the bottom of the p...In response to the notation at the bottom of the post re:<BR/> "Nobody knows how many<BR/>rebellions, besides political rebillions, ferment in the masses of <BR/>life which people earth."<BR/><BR/>I have the answer: 6.3+/- depending on the current population. Everyone, somewhere is in rebellion, even the babies. It is the human condition to rebel rather than to seek a middle way.sharinlitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703314062021302776noreply@blogger.com