Sunday, May 14, 2006
Hariri Inc: Hariri Inc is now a Sunni Muslim version of the Lebanese Forces. They don't have anything new to offer: nothing original, whatever. They basically have internalized the discourse and rhetoric of the old Lebanese Forces. Yet, they also are the most enthusiastic champions of the "recipes" of the World Bank and IMF. A political dynasty that impoverished the country, wants to credibly push for "reform" and "transparency" when Rafiq Hariri had refused every advise given to him to put his business in a blind trust. He knew what he was doing: he increased exponentially the size of the foreign debt of the small country, while he exponentially increased the size of his own fortune. Make no mistake about it: part of what the Hariri kids inherited belonged to the population of Lebanon, who were not consulted about the Hariri economic plans for Lebanon (blessed by Hariri's sponsors at the Syrian intelligence apparatus). Hariri tool, Ghazi Yusuf, proudly attended a special Lebanese Forces honor party for John Bolton, who was given the Hummus Shield by Lebanese Forces militia leaders in Washington, DC. He sat there smiling wildly. Even a Jumblat party delegate withdrew when news spread about this event. And Hariri rag correspondent in Washington, DC, Maysa' Zaydan, sounds like the writers of Frontpage magazine. She is barely in town when she expressed on AlArabiyya TV her support for domestic spying and dared to question the wisdom of all those Americans who oppose domestic spying, and said that we all are guilty of confusing Bush's special "war on terrorism" with the Cold War. Hazulat.