كلينتون: اللبنانيون يستحقون حكومة لا تعمل كمأمور عند قوى خارجية
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حذرت وزيرة الخارجية الاميركية هيلاري كلينتون الاربعاء من اي "فراغ سياسي" في لبنان قد تستفيد منه سوريا، على خلفية ازمة سياسية في البلد منذ اغتيال رئيس فرع المعلومات وسام الحسن الجمعة الفائت.
وقالت كلينتون في مؤتمر صحافي "لا نريد رؤية فراغ في السلطة السياسية الشرعية قد يستفيد منه السوريون او اخرون وقد يتسبب بمزيد من عدم الاستقرار والعنف".
واضافت "ندعو جميع الاحزاب في لبنان الى دعم العملية التي يقودها الرئيس (اللبناني ميشال) سليمان لاختيار حكومة فعالة ومسؤولة قادرة على مواجهة الخطر الذي يتعرض له (لبنان) وتحاسب المسؤولين عن اعتداء الاسبوع المنصرم".
وشددت كلينتون على "ان اللبنانيين يستحقون العيش في سلام كما يستحقون ان تكون لديهم حكومة تعكس تطلعاتهم ولا تعمل كوسيط او مأمور (في خدمة) قوى خارجية"، في تلميح الى سوريا.
ونسبت المعارضة اغتيال الحسن بتفجير استهدف سيارته في الاشرفية الجمعة الى النظام السوري.
20:25 ,2012 تشرين الأول 24
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Clinton was asked by our AFP reporter about the 55% of Lebanese who voted for the ruling March 8 coalition, and she replied that this proved the danger of instability in Lebanon and the need for US and French assistance in the still-incomplete nation-building process there. She said that the US and France share a long history of successful nation-building, first in Vietnam and then in Algeria. "We were born in revolutionary upheaval and we rejoice to see tyrants overthrown," she said just before being seized with a life-threatening condition requiring her immediate hospitalization in an undisclosed location.
20:46 ,2012 تشرين الأول 24
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BS on that 55% number. Everyone knows it was fixed by the same criminals in power!
20:56 ,2012 تشرين الأول 24
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Many were threatened (assassinations as we all know) if they voted against the thugs (HA/Regime). If the voting process was totally unbiased and/or influenced than why did the scums turn their guns against the people and in essence engage in what many say was a silent coup.
21:00 ,2012 تشرين الأول 24
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I want to thank Mr vote counter chrisrushlau for remembering that I am obviously the most popular politician in Lebanon by far eat your heart out Hassan Nasrallah. I'M KING OF THE WORLD!
23:46 ,2012 تشرين الأول 24
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@bigjohn
Start holding your breath from now. Doubtful that the West will soon disintegrate but you most likely will. No big loss for humanity, in fact may even be a slight gain to loose a rotted brain like yours.
00:11 ,2012 تشرين الأول 25
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Facts? You mention a couple of distant past elections and that constitutes proof of how bad Western nations are and justifies y our tirade? Those nations's governments you mentioned we're allied with the Soviet Union and where is the Soviet Union now. Spare us the indignant response and fast forward your life and political philosophy to join the 21st century.
01:14 ,2012 تشرين الأول 25
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The Shiites are 45% of the Lebanese population and should be ruling the country instead of the Maronite president. The total number of all the Christians is barely 20% and should be represented accordingly in government instead of the overly inflated 50%
05:59 ,2012 تشرين الأول 25
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@bigjohn
Your philosophy is exactly why we remain backward 3rd world country that has not advanced one iota during the last 50+ years. Here is a quotation from Al Mutanabbi that those like you never understood and internalized and likely never will:
لا تقل أصلي و فصلي أبدًا، إنما اصل الفتى ما قد حصل
Shed your Stone Age views and move forward. History never forgives or forgets.
20:39 ,2012 تشرين الأول 24
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IT WONT WORK, confessional institution DONT WORK, Holland was a Christian confessional institution( Catholics, protestants,calvinists) and did not work, therefore in Lebanon we stand NO CHANCE.
21:18 ,2012 تشرين الأول 24
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By the way when are M8 going to let the ex-pats vote in the elections like all other countries do?
They keep resisting that one.
22:40 ,2012 تشرين الأول 24
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I disagree with your statement about ALL other countries allowing ex-pats to vote. My own country, the UK for one doesn't.
I also feel that allowing ex-pats to vote can open up situations that people living abroad can influence what is going on within the country.
I for one feel that if someone really wants to have a say in the internal affairs of a country, then he/she should live there and not in another country.
23:56 ,2012 تشرين الأول 24
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@phillipo
Did not thumb you down nor up because there is some truth to what you.
The other face of the coin is that the world is increasingly becoming interconnected and distances that used to matter no longer matter today what with the ubiquitousness of the Internet and communication media. In fact so much so that it is no longer unusual to have some families distributed across continents not just neighboring countries.
Also, remember one very important factor, it is the expats that by and large are buoying the Lebanese economy hence they deserve the right to vote and not be thrown the 6 reps bone. Shove that solution where the sun never shines.
22:09 ,2012 تشرين الأول 24
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I completely agree with you Mrs. Clinton. That means, the Lebanese do not want a government that is a proxy for ANY country, INCLUDING the United States of America, Syria, Iran, France, etc.
The more countries meddle into the internal affairs of the Lebanese, the worse off. Let the Lebanese live in peace among each other.
00:01 ,2012 تشرين الأول 25
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@bigjohn
You seem to suffer from white man inferiority complex. Keep your inferiorities to yourself and stop projecting them onto others.
I have long advocated that the Lebanese have everything it takes to join and compete on the world stage because they are educated capable people and do not need to opt for the Neanderthal approach that M8 advocates to win.
02:42 ,2012 تشرين الأول 25
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No, those who insist on stereotyping people are the ones who have a complex. People are people period.
18:24 ,2012 تشرين الأول 25
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@ FT, i think maybe the lebanese expats should have more than 6 MPS, maybe around 20 would be good, which would count 4 christians, 4 druze, 4 sunnite, 4 chiites. And it could or could not be influential in laws but its still very good. i mean lots of money comes from abroad to Lebanon, they are allowed to vote. and have more than just 6 MPS. 20 is amazing to start i think and its still not really hgih compared to the count of 128MPS our parliament has. Expats must have their saying and have the right to give the side they want the power to go on with a decision or not. The difference between March 8th or March 14th was always between 10mps or a bit more ( which are those mostly of jumblat). Now the 20 MPS of the expats could remedy that and stop giving this turncoat a say in lebanese politics.
18:25 ,2012 تشرين الأول 25
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And please clinton go take care of Bill, i think hes doing obama's wife right now u must take care of your " internal " affairs :)
