"لقاء مرتقب" بين الحريري ووفد من 14 آذار في باريس

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1- most scolarships were given before he became premier. Our national debt is not due to scolarships. It is mostly due to high interest rates of LL and to employing hordes and hordes of chiites needlessly in public administration by Berri. Plus of course thefts.. Hariri's biggest theft is Solidere.

2- Hariri RIP did steal the country BIG TIME while he was PM. But less so than Berri and others. Hariri's quadrupled his money during his tenure. Berri multiplied it by 100. Now that is a good R.O.I.

3- sunnis who work abroad usually return to lebanon, or send their money back to lebanon. So that is good.

4- Be pragmatic. Dont expect a genuinely moderate sunni leader to be chosen by lebanon's sunnis. Hariri is as moderate as sunnis get. Look around you to qaeda or ISIS or moslem brotherhood or annahda or the hard line wahabis. Hariri soft diluted wahabism is the maximum we can expect as a choice from our sunni brothers in lebanon.

as for finance and services.... You have a point. But this is what he knows to do. This is what most lebanese know to do. It is our competitive advantage. You cannot change the lebanese and make him industrious or a peasant. the lebanese is a merchant.

While Rafic Harriri created Middle Class, SHN undid most of that by ensuring poverty for all. HA can survive only if ignorance and poverty prevailed.

chopper,
The way i see it:
Hariri gave a fishing stick to the sunnites : education
Berri (and SHN to a lesser extent) give daily fish to shiites to keep them under control. They dont pay for university education but for primary education. They only pay for their health care and provide them with redundant jobs. this way shias keep asking for more.