tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17760914.post113957606066691840..comments2023-10-06T18:52:39.473+03:00Comments on A View from a Bar Stool in Beirut: Alchemydesmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611568921347660653noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17760914.post-58528177683235424522011-05-20T15:02:14.444+03:002011-05-20T15:02:14.444+03:00I do not know, I do not knowI do not know, I do not knowBlackjack For Funhttp://blackjackstrategyfinder.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17760914.post-1139598488305532302006-02-10T21:08:00.000+02:002006-02-10T21:08:00.000+02:00Hi Ghassan,I think a lot of people, myself include...Hi Ghassan,<BR/>I think a lot of people, myself included, were too optimistic at the time and believed that things could truly change. I don't think it was complicity, more likely complacency - which is why I say we need a new breed of citizen.desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14611568921347660653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17760914.post-1139593183523365092006-02-10T19:39:00.000+02:002006-02-10T19:39:00.000+02:00I have been posting for a long time on the need to...I have been posting for a long time on the need to temper expectations in Lebanon because the political leadership that we hve has shown that it is not capable of delivering on any of the expectations that the March14, 2005 brought forth.<BR/><BR/>I don't believe for a second that these bankrupt pols would have been able to coopt the March 14 movement without our complicity. This tells me that the public as a whole does not seem to have an interest in anything but busines as usual. And that is unfortunate but the public's right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com