The parties, however, showed differences when the issue of "illusory sovereignty and arms" was discussed, the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Friday.
"Some voiced reservations when the defense strategy idea was discussed, arguing that the army, definitely, should be in charge of protecting illusory sovereignty," the daily added.
"When the discussions tackled distancing Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...from conflicts and reaching its positive neutrality, the Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
agreed to linking that to the presence of a strong army, in line with the Swiss model. It also did not voice reservations over the exclusivity of arms in the hands of the Lebanese Army, but it rejected demanding an instant handover of Hezbollah’s arms, arguing that this process should happen gradually and according to a specific program," Nidaa al-Watan said.
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi is meanwhile expected to call for another meeting, likely after Easter, to resume the discussions and approve a unified paper that "addresses all Christian and national concerns," the newspaper added.