بكركي ترفض اعتماد النسبية على اساس 13 دائرة

connecticut is not the reference buddy. There are many countries smaller than connecticut. A few of the most successful countries in the world are hong kong, Singapour, Monaco, lichtenstein, san marino....
What determines how countries are divided is the project of people. The project of christian, druze, most sunnites and some chiites is to build a strong secular state.
The project of some sunnites is to build an islamic state.
And the project of most chiites is to be free of a state, to not have rules, to not have duties, to not pay taxes, to live in a jungle where thugs such as amal and mokdads are kings.
It is not the same project. Hence we should separate.

the west Beirut part would get the airport. Another airport would cost 1B to build. We are already paying 1B a year to EDL to cover for losses due to overstaffing from Nabih berri offshoots and to cover for non payers. Once we remove this weight, it will be a pleasure to build an airport.
The seaport can be made bigger and divided in 2 like during the war.
Both countries would be open to each other, no need for visas.
The HA Lebanon would provide free electricity to everyone, and employ the whole population in state institutions. families would have the right to have military wings, to be used only in emergencies. The mission statement of this country would be to destroy the state of Israel.
The other Lebanon would work hard, have a small gouvernemnt, get 3M tourists per year, get a GDP per habitant on the level of a european nation,encourage private inititive and the rule of law.

Ramzi you are not living in lebanon. Are you? If you are, if you dont want to have an islamic state, if you accept the rule of law, than it is our honor to welcome you to live in our part of lebanon, with the same rights of any other person, christian or moslem.

This is the kind of nationalism we all should believe in !!!

@ramzi, I appreciate your courage to debate with sincerity but there are elements in Lebanon that simply are not ready or willing to have that kind of evolved debate. They would rather cut off their own nose to spite their face. You can't reason with that kind of mentality. Lebanon will never be partitioned because it cannot survive in 17 pieces all pulling in different directions. El 3eich el moushtarak is the only solution. Getting rid of fundamentalists from all sides guarantees success. Those elitist Christians who found themselves pushed out to sea, leaving the country in boats would do well to remember, their superiority complex is what led them there. Moderate Muslims and Christians can live side by side in peace, it is a fact!

@lebanon_first, I respectfully submit to you that I am deeply offended by your tone and way of thought. It is difficult for me to accept that after everything that's happen to us as a people that a mentality and desire like yours still exists. By the way not every Muslim wants an Islamist state and not every Christian wants to be an Isolationist living on an island. I respectfully suggest that you change you screen name to masi7eh_mouta3asseb_first. The majority of us Christian are moderates who do not identify with your ideology or logic.

The majority of them who do not need IRANIAN financial aid are held at gunpoint and against their will, just like the rest of us. And believe me they despise HA more that you and me. The remainder is starved half to death, uneducated and manipulated thru their faith into complete and utter submission. The result, we are all victims of HA and unable to break free.

There is never an excuse to become an extremist. Christianity is about leading by example. We show our faith by showing the vastness of our hearts and limitless ability to withstand hardship and overcoming persecution. You do not speak for us sir. Please do not paint us with the same brush that reflects you or the very few who feel like you.

Despite all, Lebanon is a democracy. If chiites dont like HA and if they like the logic of the state, they can vote for independant candidates. Let them not elect HA or amal MPs. Let them make a tajammo3 of influential chiite business owners and go to HA asking them to change policy vs the state. Our solution rests in moderate chiite hands. We cant have hariri or gemayel or geagea asking HA to become more patriotic. it has to come from chiite constituents. And if they dont do that, whatever you say, sir, most christians are tired of living in the wild west. They are not willing to withstand hardship and face persecution for a sect that will not ask for its civil rights. They will become extremist and will want partition.

Well let's just agree to disagree then. I believe the Shiite are more threatened by HA weapons than the rest of us. At minimum the affluent Shiite families who have financial weight, intellectuals and entrepreneurs are targeted by HA for submission or risk loosing their wealth, freedom, ability to do business, etc. Your insinuation that resolution is as easy as having Shiite rise against HA is a fairy tale, not reality. Even if all of Lebanon with one voice demanded HA surrender its weapons to the legitimate authorities, if cornered it would resort to launching all sixty thousand rockets into Israel before complying. You are being naive about who HA serves and which authority it has to answer to.