Jumblat: They Want to Control Everything, But We'll Confront Them via Ballot Boxes
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Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat on Sunday hit back at Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun, accusing him and his allies of seeking to “take control of all the country’s assets, of the administration, judiciary, army and economy.”
Jumblat vowed to “confront them through the ballot boxes” in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
“What can I say to the one who cursed us yesterday, I will not say anything … but I’m very dismayed by those who allowed him to dig up the graves of the past, I’m very dismayed by those who do not respect my centrist position,” Jumblat said, in a clear reference to Aoun and his allies.
Aoun on Saturday said “Jumblat considers himself the only rational person … But the proportional representation would reflect his real political weight.”
“All your threats are lies, do whatever you want,” Aoun said, addressing Jumblat.
Hitting back on Sunday during a rally organized by the PSP to honor its veterans, Jumblat said: “What do they want? Do they want to take control of all the country’s assets, of the administration, judiciary, army and economy. I don’t want to say security because there is no security. Do they want to return to the old-new slogan: the military (rule)? Do they want to take control of parliament and turn us into followers?”
“What army are they talking about in the absence of a clear defense strategy?” Jumblat added, vowing to “act calmly and patiently” and stressing the importance of civil peace.
“We will express our beliefs in the ballot boxes, amid a great challenge. To be or not to be,” Jumblat added.
Addressing his party’s veterans, Jumblat said: “Do you remember when you shelled the Syrian army and confronted it” during the civil war?
He also saluted “the martyrs of the Phalange Party and the Lebanese Forces who fell in the Mountain War, because each of them defended Lebanon in their own way.”
Jumblat said his party “paid a hefty price in order to prevent civil strife” during the May 2008 clashes.
“We do not regret that and we have stressed the importance of dialogue after they abandoned it and renounced the Doha Agreement,” he added.
06 May 2012, 20:35
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walid we miss you welcome back... without you the march 14 was borring... you were the arrowhead thats why they threatened you and warned you personally...it was your safety and your family and your peoples.. they knew that you will dismantle march 14 if you leave and they were right .. now they're all afraid scared shivering lolll....like ouw ouw who was barking yesterday like crazy...you think he would talk like that without the master telling him to do so??? any way god bless and protects you and march 14th leaders ...
BUT THIS TIME TRY TO PUT YOUR SHIT TOGETHER ALL OF YOU BECAUSE I DONT THINK LEBANESE PEOPLES WILL SUPPORT NOR BELIEVES IN YOU IF YOU F.... THIS TIME
06 May 2012, 20:48
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Via ballot boxes true.. and after the fall of the Syrian regime, it will most likely be via an insurgency, the division of the army and the end of the lebanese state if they keep insisting on using weapons to dictate politics.
06 May 2012, 23:11
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The feudal warlord scum bag low life criminal thief collaborator with every enemy of Lebanon talks about those who want to control everything. Go figure the scum bag and low lives who park behind him or serve as his floor mat.
06 May 2012, 23:34
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It is existential in 2013. Hezbollah will need to take over Lebanon completely if Assad is going down. Hezbollah takes no chances, it will go for the proportionality electoral law which benefits it to the detriment of all others, especially Jumblatt.
Finesse is not a strategy against a bulldozer. Its all hands on deck now for everyone who is against the bulldozer to get to the other side in order to stop it. This includes even AMAL and Nabih Berri
08 May 2012, 03:51
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I actually think nabih berri will become the eyad alawi of lebanon. I also think that significant sector in the she3a community does not want to go to war against the suni arabs in the event of the fall of the Syrian regime. The logical outcome is that hizbustan will pragmaticaly cut their losses and not embark on a suicidal mission that will not find popularity even among the she3a themselves. It might be not hard to take over lebanon militarily for the time being (that would change in due course), but what can you do the next day?
06 May 2012, 23:42
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Actually Jumblat's centrist position is quite logical. If he stays like this it'll be better.
Extremism is never good, and the best policy to follow is Aristotle's golden mean.
I hope both sides start to show some compromise and start thinking about the future without preconditions.
07 May 2012, 00:36
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via ballot boxes walid beik? we tried it once it's not enough,what about the shaqiqa way?
07 May 2012, 00:38
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I think he meant "do you remember when you shelled the Lebanese Army and confronted it" poor Walid beik even he is confusing himself now!!!
Who is he kidding, he was in the same trench as the Syrians. He fought against the Lebanese Army!
08 May 2012, 03:54
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But Mr. Orange was anti-syrian to death. I remember when i was in the US and he was preaching the US congress for three long boring hours about how evil Syria/hizbustan are, after which the congress passed the "Syria accountability law". Wake up dude, this man just wants to become president and is actually endagering the chrisitan community by putting it at odds with the vast majority of arabs for no real reason but selfish short sight idiocy.
07 May 2012, 01:37
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Ya Waild baik dont worry about what Aoun the clown is saying. We will teach him a lesson like we did with Hezbollah in May 2008.My advise to you stick with Shaykh Saad & El Hakim and ofcourse Shaykh Ameen and you guys will be hard to beat.....
07 May 2012, 04:49
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Who used weapons to dictate politics in 2008? Jumblatt or Huzb Allah?
07 May 2012, 04:57
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Draw the borders of all Lebanon from the South to North, make peace with Israel and get Sheb3a back from them under this condition, disarm all militias and the Leb Army will be back strong as it was 50yrs ago.
We do not need to be robots for Iran, & Syria, because the latter will use the South to keep Israel on its toes instead of hitting them from the Golan, and as always we all pay the price of the mass destruction of our entire country.
07 May 2012, 09:17
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hizbushaitan will nt even exist in 2013: the upcoming war will destroy them totally, and lebanon too.
it is sad, but it is happening soon.
