March 14: Lebanon’s Disavowal of U.N. Statement on Syria is ‘Disgraceful’
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Lebanon’s disavowal of a U.N. Security Council statement condemning Syria's deadly attacks on civilians is “shameful,” high-ranking March 14 sources said.
The sources told An Nahar daily published Thursday that “despite the unanimity of the other 14 members of the Security Council on the statement, Lebanon’s disavowal is a shameful and disgraceful stance.”
They warned that Lebanon’s decision puts the country in a “confrontation with the world … at a time when the country is in need for the international community in its confrontation with the Israeli greed and threats.”
March 14 leadership sources also told al-Mustaqbal daily that Premier Najib “Miqati is heading a cabinet allied with the Syrian regime and backs it media wise and politically by its silence on the massacres committed against the Syrian people … let alone its decision for Lebanon, which is a member of the Security Council, to reject any presidential statement that condemns the massacres.”
After months of deadlock, the U.N. Security Council finally responded to the escalating violence in Syria on Wednesday, condemning President Bashar Assad's forces for attacking civilians and committing human rights violations.
Lebanon didn't block adoption of the statement. But Lebanon's deputy U.N. ambassador Caroline Ziade invoked a procedure not used since 1974 by the Americans and 1976 by China, disassociating the country from the statement after it was read at a formal council meeting by the current president, India's U.N. Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri.
04 August 2011, 08:18
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Nshallah m14 saves us from international illegitimacy...the true progressive, reasonable political entity
04 August 2011, 08:27
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Shame on Lebanon they are scared of Syria Man up Lebanon wake up ba2a don't you see that Bashar has killed all these inocent people, don't you see all these years his dad and now him started the war in Lebanon and is controling it till now and husballa. Wake up Lebanes people enough is enough they distroyed Lebanon we had a free country, we are not free anymore, don't be afraid to speak up
04 August 2011, 08:35
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Fair to say that Miqati's government and its representative at UN have the same legitimacy in Lebanon as the Assad Government and its representative at the UN have in Syria.
04 August 2011, 16:09
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It is clearly against the national interest of Lebanon to have engaged in this conduct before the international community as represented by the UN Security Council. The only reason that the UN has not acted more forcefully against the Assad regime is not due to doubt over whether crimes against humanity are being committed by his security forces, but doubt over what will take the place of the Assad regime in order to secure the country and enforce order over Syrian territory. The Assads have been so efficient to deconstruct any alternative to their rule, that doubt over what comes next holds the international hand from Assad's long neck.
The same does not hold for Lebanon. It has proven itself expendible and by this action may become the whipping boy for the international community when it comes to Syria. Whip Lebanon to show its disgust with Syria, this is what this government has exposed Lebanon to.
04 August 2011, 16:16
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What is really disgraceful is you 20+ years of cooperation with Lebanon's enemies, be they Syrian or Israeli. If these folks had a dusting of dignity they would have committed suicide.
04 August 2011, 19:09
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Hmm...where were March 14 during the Bahrain uprisings? Oh right, they supported the king in that one! Lol, bunch of filthy hypocrites!
04 August 2011, 22:32
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by all means all Mrch 14 know to do is talk, there should be that there should be this well i think it is time someone starts putting a feasable plans because if march 8 has proven to be a failure, March 14 is no better. They are a bad opposition and defenetly a bad majority, because all they do is rely on the foreign forces. Perhaps improvement will start to be feasable when they will start to connect with what used to be the people that support them and listen to them and starting from there start to formulate a real plan that is conveniant to lebanon
05 August 2011, 00:20
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@Bipartisan:
I agree with you but it's too early to decide on M8's performance so far. Any improvement in Lebanon should start with all-day electricity, faster internet connection and lowering our CPI considering prices are generally high given our GDP per capita. As for M8 and M14, the changes that need to be made are beyond the horizon. Constitutional changes and abolishing sectarianism should be the initial steps since the country is becoming more divided with sectarianism by the year. These divisions do not serve any Lebanese, but only the "divide and rule" serving "some" foreign powers. A grass-root movement should start from the youth but unfortunately, most are blinded already.
05 August 2011, 02:48
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Lebanese forces…..Here they come “they did it before and they will do it again" Lebanon went south since the LF let the army rule….. It is a matter of time baby ...we have no choice !!!
05 August 2011, 03:49
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someone... good point
worth thinking about to see if there was a case of double standard, if anyone has a good answer to 'someone' 's point, please share
05 August 2011, 03:57
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Actually, someone:
you almost had me. but the truth is ( from what info i was exposed to) that the demos in bahrain were never about freedom from oppression from an iron fisted , sadistic ruler, but was rather just engineered by 1 sect to overthrow another and install pro iran/farsi influence through it.
anyway, there's a lot more to say, but moving on. goodnight for now
