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We Can Liberate Ourselves Thank You!
Have you ever taken a picture with friends when you’re out on the town and when you get the pictures developed there’s some idiot in the background intentionally trying to sabotage the memory? Kind of like the annoying guy who always gives his input when nobody asked him. Well I'm easily describing America in the heated aftermath of the assassination of Rafik Al-Hariri. It bewilders the mind why America won’t just shut up. As if snuggling up to people who can’t stand the sight of you is going to make things better. And using the pain of the Lebanese people and Hariri’s family, as a ploy to drive your personal agenda against Syria is sickening, while admittedly expected. Some Europeans are in the same boat, many with close ties with Hariri, a billionaire in a country that has a GDP that can’t afford millionaires.
And America just doesn’t get it. Rather than being a concerned democracy or a “friend in need,” they are acting like the big brother that just watched his little brother get punched in the face by the school bully. Contrary to popular belief, meddling into Lebanese affairs isn’t best for all those involved. . The will of the Lebanese people will come through, and supporting their will can produce positive results.
While stuck on the track of inflicting liberation on the Iraqi people, George Bush thinks he can come in and set up a new road map for the Middle East, quiet similar to the last road map I’m sure. But Bush forgets one useful point, the only people Arabs hate more than each other, is Americans. This “good will” on the part of the Bush administration is not only fake but can easily backfire. Like the pro-Western population of Iran, don’t ruin a good thing. The Lebanese people are already furious, many are demanding change, and they don’t need another U.N. resolution to tell them how they feel. People can only solve a problem if they make an effort to solve that problem, and getting a moral taste test from a guy without a tongue isn’t reassuring. So from one more person who has relatives in Lebanon, America, please, mind your own damn business.
We Can Liberate Ourselves Thank You!
Have you ever taken a picture with friends when you’re out on the town and when you get the pictures developed there’s some idiot in the background intentionally trying to sabotage the memory? Kind of like the annoying guy who always gives his input when nobody asked him. Well I'm easily describing America in the heated aftermath of the assassination of Rafik Al-Hariri. It bewilders the mind why America won’t just shut up. As if snuggling up to people who can’t stand the sight of you is going to make things better. And using the pain of the Lebanese people and Hariri’s family, as a ploy to drive your personal agenda against Syria is sickening, while admittedly expected. Some Europeans are in the same boat, many with close ties with Hariri, a billionaire in a country that has a GDP that can’t afford millionaires.
And America just doesn’t get it. Rather than being a concerned democracy or a “friend in need,” they are acting like the big brother that just watched his little brother get punched in the face by the school bully. Contrary to popular belief, meddling into Lebanese affairs isn’t best for all those involved. . The will of the Lebanese people will come through, and supporting their will can produce positive results.
While stuck on the track of inflicting liberation on the Iraqi people, George Bush thinks he can come in and set up a new road map for the Middle East, quiet similar to the last road map I’m sure. But Bush forgets one useful point, the only people Arabs hate more than each other, is Americans. This “good will” on the part of the Bush administration is not only fake but can easily backfire. Like the pro-Western population of Iran, don’t ruin a good thing. The Lebanese people are already furious, many are demanding change, and they don’t need another U.N. resolution to tell them how they feel. People can only solve a problem if they make an effort to solve that problem, and getting a moral taste test from a guy without a tongue isn’t reassuring. So from one more person who has relatives in Lebanon, America, please, mind your own damn business.
