Joumblatt Beyk Smashes General Aoun

Walid Joumblatt serves an ace and smashes Michel Aoun.

Joumblatt is just too clever. He decides to use the same type of rhetoric that once made the general a superstar. And with this rhetoric he achieves several goals:

1) Cut the grass under Aoun’s feet. The general is now in the awkward position where he can’t go back to his old rhetoric that used to enchant the Christian population. It would look like imitation. And every move toward the pro-Syrians resonates like a betrayal. His supporters can’t help but ask “where is our Napoleon? Is it Walid Joumblatt?”

2) Cut the grass under Hassan Nasrallah’s feet. Hezbollah’s leader cannot continue with his pro-occupation stance which is too cowardly when compared to the heroic position of his old rival, the Druze leader. In the end, the people will applaud those who braved the dangers. Nasrallah is quickly loosing steam from old conquests and he must correct course shortly.

3) Revive the dreams of the Lebanese people. Those dreams that were shattered by the repressive Syrian occupation. The words of Joumblatt reverberate like delicious echoes in the minds of the liberated people. The Lebanese youth can dream once again! A bright future may be just around the corner.

Let us hope that Syria will find its own Napoleon soon.