tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post4518610301460253410..comments2023-06-16T15:35:36.718+03:00Comments on Jeha's Nail - مسمار جحا: Aoun "Persiste et Signe"Jehahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714767132428450071noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-28340051460832569782007-05-16T13:00:00.000+03:002007-05-16T13:00:00.000+03:00Hani, There are no stupid questions, only stupid a...Hani, <BR/><BR/>There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers. My answer can only be "stupid" in the sense that it cannot ever be complete. <BR/><BR/>First, I do not claim to be objective, as I do not think it is possible in the context of a struggle that is about so many defining principles. <BR/><BR/>Second, I can state this; <B>I am rabidly secular</B>. I try to follow the "golden rule", to "do unto others as you want others do unto you", but it does not always work out. <BR/><BR/>I try to remain am mindful of a mental paradox; as a "believer", I understand that secularism and faith can have a hard problem getting along. I tend to err on the side of "caution", mindful that "Science needs without spirituality is lame, while religion without science is blind"... <BR/><BR/>Please do not misunderstand me. I am not necessarily anti-Hezb or pro-US. <BR/><BR/>To me, <B>it all does down to how they act</B>; I try to stick to the facts as I see them, and I do not expect people to agree with me. I hope that, when they do, they can make their objective comments, and I expect to learn from them, and maybe even agree...Jehahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714767132428450071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-26050047385925284932007-05-16T10:11:00.000+03:002007-05-16T10:11:00.000+03:00jeha,I read your blog quite frequently, and i woul...jeha,<BR/><BR/>I read your blog quite frequently, and i would like to know how would you describe your position... are you a pro-american, anti syrian-hezb-iranian, or i don't know. Cause as a reader i definitely don't find your description and analysis of events objective, yet i am still not sure where u're coming from.<BR/>i do apoligize in advance if my inquiry seems brainless but i can't stop my simple curiosity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-48289552458037042462007-05-15T05:42:00.000+03:002007-05-15T05:42:00.000+03:00Jeha, I have just noticed that my last post on ...Jeha,<BR/> I have just noticed that my last post on your blog was made under "Beyond Chutzpah" when it was meant to be under " Aoun "Persiste et Signe"". Sorry about the confusion.<BR/><BR/>BTW, maybe sometime you can explain what is it that attracts people to Aoun. I ask this in all sincerity since I don't associate the General with any leadership criteria ( no charisma, no eloquence, no new ideas, no traditional inherited za'amah ...)<BR/> Another phenomenon that intrigues is loyalty of Lahoud to Syria. What caused that? What was the major reason for the transformation and when did it occur? Definitely he was a completely different person ideologically for the first 30-40 years of his life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32255069.post-33391854751401330082007-05-14T17:46:00.000+03:002007-05-14T17:46:00.000+03:00"Useful idiot". Thanks for digging his one out, Je..."Useful idiot". Thanks for digging his one out, Jeha. This term's been on my mind for a while - indeed ever since The Mad General's return to Lebanon. But Lenin (who coined the term) would have struggled to find, even amongst the most rabid of communist sympathisers, someone who would have been as "useful" to him as His Madness to the Syrian regime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com