Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Dictionary definition of Chutzpah: from the State Department's spokesperson

"We continue to want to see a government that is serving the interests of the people of Lebanon and not the government of other countries. We want to see a government emerge in Lebanon that will continue to support the work of the tribunal and end the era of impunity in Lebanon."  I almost want to tell him in colloquial Lebanese Arabic: Wlah. Wlah.  You, you of all people the government that has sponsored and supported every Israeli killing spree in Lebanon, think that you are qualified more than the Lebanese themselves to decide what the interests of Lebanon are? You speak for the interests of Lebanon?  How dare you, really.  How dare you? You think that live in colonial times and you are speaking to the natives like they are children?