Dr.Walid Phares/Sunday night thoughts: Cross the gate/د. وليد فارس: حزب الله قد ابتلع لبنان والمعركة الان هي حول هضمه

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Sunday night thoughts: Cross the gate
Dr.Walid Phares/April 19, 2020. Orthodox Easter

Dear friends in the mother country, debating the past will take days and days and will go into generations, that I have no doubt. But let’s face a reality that is harsh, cold and merciless. The 15 years of war which I have seen, and the 30 years of occupation and terror which I have followed from afar, tells us that what was done didn’t work, we all like it or not.

Blaming, forgetting, dodging facts, won’t help. Heavy losses have been incurred, battles were lost, dreams were shattered, promises were not kept. The mother country is at the edge of the cliff. Some believe it is in a free fall already. Yes, if nothing is done. No, if something is done.

The problem is what can and should be done? That’s what so many keep asking me. There are many answers, but not one single answer would work if it is about returning to the old ways, the old words, old narratives, old failed tactics and policies. All of them have been tried, none has brought success. A plain reality that is inescapable.

Maybe failures for that small country have still served the narrow interests of a few who profited, but certainly not the interests of the people. Otherwise why would an overwhelming majority be complaining, frustrated, lost, terrified and angry?

In short, the path to the future goes through letting go of the tactics and policies of the past. Once you cross that gate, you’re in a new era. Then sit and talk. Otherwise, all what you got left, would be memories of a better older past…

د. وليد فارس: كثيرون يتصلون بي و ينعون قائلين ان حزب الله سيبتلع لبنان. جوابي ان حزب الله قد ابتلع لبنان. المعركة الان هي حول هضمه.
المقاومة اليوم هي لمنع هذه الميليشا من هضم للبنان
*من كان حليفا لحزب الله لسنوات سيخسر بخسارة حزب الله.
اما من سيتحالف مع حزب الله الان فسيخسر اكثر…