I am not against Syrians in Syria!
Syria is a country that Lebanon must have a good relationship
with, a strong relation of one independent country with another
one... But our government is far from that...!! Where is our independence?
Do we still have one?
A Veteran French diplomat, Paul Blanc published a book entitled
"Lebanon between War and Neglect." That title is a perfect
reflection of the situation today in what was once called "The
Switzerland of the Middle East" and is now for all practical
purposes a Syrian protectorate! The Lebanese government is committed
to the desires and interests of Damascus...
Free Lebanese people are clearly supporting human rights, our
civil rights, democracy and liberty, in one term, Freedom! However,
the Lebanese government is far from supporting any human rights
or civic rights or any freedom of expression; take as an example
the dishonorable solution of the Lebanese prisoners in Syria...What
a shame..!! Or the big traffic jam the government caused on March
14, 2001 to stop some Lebanese students demonstration...We should
not be obliged to be stuck hours in our car because you love
your protecting!!!
I don't mean by Lebanese People any confession, the Lebanese who
claimed the withdrawal of the Syrians in Lebanon at "Bkerke
place" is not at all a claim coming from Christians, it comes
from free people who are not blind by politician interests or
personnel position...
Stop cheating your country, Lebanon is ill, Lebanon is dying...
I hope truly other Lebanese will one day have new heart, new eyes
and stop being bound by the weight of their own interests.
What can I do?
Better to work to be like a magical bird... free in the air, free
of all burdens of systems..., a bird that seeks to express itself
in light!! A bird that seeks to have a nest in its own country!!
Lebanese people who claim a Syrian withdrawal are not speaking
about
confession, Stop that blurring of the truth. Stop that crime!!
If you claim your independence, if you love your country, you
shouldn't treated this as a religious issue!
But our Lebanese government and some other weak persons boast,
vaingloriously, that the claim of Syrian withdrawal is a religious
claim. That is untrue! That is the Syrian Strategy! If you tell
them, "Get out of Lebanon and let's begin building a strong
countries" they will claim that you are either Israeli or
Religious...
No, we are NOT Israelites and we are NOT Religious. Instead we
are free people who love a strong Lebanon and not a protectorate
country.
Other will boast, The Majority of Lebanese is with the Syrian
presence... Who told that the question of the Syrian Presence
in Lebanon must be resolved simply by who has the Majority...!!
Who told that it is simply a game of Pocker...!! It is not Pocker
it is Sovereignty.. do you understand the meaning...???!!
Our Lebanese government would also like to change Lebanese history;
they said "The Lebanese war was a civil war, fought among
the Lebanese people (w la touzkar...). "Stop blurring the
truth!! This was a war fought by foreigners "on Lebanese
soil"; a war promoted and prepared by our neighbors' countries.
The Christians and the Muslims were manipulated, given arms and
money and encouraged to fight. And to their shame they did so!!
Please Syria Go Out, and lets begin a strong relation with you,
a strong relation that you may like to call "Relationship
with al Shakika, and with a Shakika we truly love…" we are
not against that word, Lebanon and Syria must have good relations
but not like the shameful, pitiful one we have now...!!
William MATAR
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