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| Lebanon’s speaker shows his true colors |
| 2016-09-05 |
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Nabih KnobbyBerri Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet... , head of Leb’s primarily Shiite Amal Movement who has served as Parliamentary Speaker since 1992, has finally confirmed what many Lebanese have long suspected. Rather than a bigwig representing all religious sects and a respected mediator between Iran’s radical proxy Hezbollah and the 14 March /Future Movement, he seems to have indelibly stamped Hezbollah’s flag on his forehead. His speech, delivered before a crowd of thousands on Wednesday August 31 marking the disappearance of one of Amal’s founders Imam Musa Al Sadr and his |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 A happy system of government for Lebanon is hard to envision. The only sensible one I can think of is return to the old Millet system. Each religious or ethnic group rules itself as it pleases. The central government only deals with matters and difficulties between members of different groups. This worked under the Ottomans for centuries, because they (Janissaries) were outsiders not biased toward any side, and they were horribly brutal, so nobody ever wanted to have to deal with them.The same system lasted a thousand years in Egypt, under the Mamluks, until the French overthrew them. |
| Posted by: Grins Snese4215 2016-09-05 12:22 |