My dear land, I apologize for the seclusion and destruction we have caused you in previous years. I am sorry for helping in poisoning your soil and standing by while others destroyed your infrastructure, killed your children and maimed your beauty. Ya Libnan, forgive me, my intentions where good, I tried to do something about it, yet it was not enough.

black thursday 62.jpgLebanon as we know is now standing at the brink of a renewed civil war. It is obvious that the following few days will determine the faith of the inhabitants of our beloved home and also, in correlation, the faith of the entire region. It seems exterior interests have led to the devastation that we are witnessing at this moment, again our politicians have sold the land in the name of their own well being and once again the Lebanese people must pay the price.

The present political situation is far broader then one would think, it is likely that a sectarian war is looming. One of the many questions that come to mind when viewing the present, is how, God forbid it, a civil war would play itself out.

Would it be a Sunni-Shia war and thus a conflict similar to the one raging in Iraq? Or would it be along the Pro-government & Opposition lines? For the latter to be true is a horrific nightmare for the Lebanese, for it would create divisions within sectarian and religious groups, pining Muslims against Muslims, Druze against Druze, and Christians against Christians.

But if the war proves to be more like the Iraqi conflict it would mean the involvement of clashes throughout the whole of the Arab region, for it would be a second Arab battleground in the push against Shia expansion.

What does this mean for the average citizen? It probably means that an Iraq style war would result in the immediate involvement of high ranking Arab States and a Free for all kind of war would result in a more endemic war that would bring back memories of the end of the First Lebanese Civil war (1975-1990).

black wednesday 44.jpgHow sad that I had to call it the "First Lebanese civil war", to simply use these words creates anguish and disgust within me, thinking another civil war could be possible. All this said, I fear what will happen to our "March 14" cause, is this the result of our endeavors or the result of our failures to take action.

Perhaps we conceded too much and when it came time to take back we feared the present political situation. No matter how one looks at it, a civil war would represent a complete failure for the long forgotten Cedar Revolution, which was to free Lebanon, unite the Lebanese people and build a Syrian interference free nation.

I also need mention that the involvement of the Israel, Syria, Iran and a multitude of other nations has, again propelled us to this climaxed situation we are witnessing. This leads to the question: will Lebanon ever be free of foreign interference? The answer to that relies in the hands of entities like Sayed Hassan Nasrallah and other political fiascoes in the region and within the country. I wish these politicians, from both sides, would take a moment from counting their Iranian Rial and American Dollars to look outside their windows and witness the destruction that is going on.

Are they so heartless to watch our Cedar Land be destroyed by the hands of its own inhabitants? It is time for the Lebanese to stand strong and reject this new war.

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