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MP: Lebanon’s problem is the ‘state within a state’

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Phalange party bloc MP Samer Saadeh told LBC television on Tuesday that Lebanon’s problem is the existence of “a state within a state.”

“There is a another state within Lebanon that makes decisions on behalf of the government … and there is also a weak state that is unable to exert its [authority] on all the country,” he said

“The ‘law of the jungle’ prevails in Lebanon where the strong is in control, and Lebanon’s ‘strong’ are Hezbollah militants,” Saadeh added.

The Iranian and Syrian -backed Hezbollah brought down PM Saad Hariri’s government on January 12 over the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) imminent indictment.

The government of PM Nagib Mikati is heavily influenced by Hezbollah

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10 responses to “MP: Lebanon’s problem is the ‘state within a state’”

  1. leobetapar Avatar
    leobetapar

    yeah nothing new it was allready like that in the 20 century
    sure the phalangiste was no longer strong but when they were it was worse at least with Hezbollah anothers are consulted

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    Anonymous

    yeah nothing new it was allready like that in the 20 century
    sure the phalangiste was no longer strong but when they were it was worse at least with Hezbollah anothers are consulted

  3. josephphdman Avatar
    josephphdman

    it is true ,the state within a state its the biggest crime that iran and syria had committed against lebanon , they distabilize lebanon ,destroyed its economy and  put the country back 100 years in history and economic prosperity,its is a conspiracy  by iran and syria , to use lebanon  and suck its resources ,for there own interrest and to achieve there goal in the region , they have destoyed the country ,killed its people ,used its land , stole its money , lebanon should sue those two countries in the international court for all the crimes they commited against the lebaneese state ,
    lebanon should sue iran  and ask for 1 trillian dollars damages caused by iran and syria

    1. leobetapar Avatar
      leobetapar

      stupid zioniaste try at least to dissimule yourself
      the only country lebanon sue it’s the only ennemy of lebanon the lebanese are not stupid

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    Anonymous

    it is true ,the state within a state its the biggest crime that iran and syria had committed against lebanon , they distabilize lebanon ,destroyed its economy and  put the country back 100 years in history and economic prosperity,its is a conspiracy  by iran and syria , to use lebanon  and suck its resources ,for there own interrest and to achieve there goal in the region , they have destoyed the country ,killed its people ,used its land , stole its money , lebanon should sue those two countries in the international court for all the crimes they commited against the lebaneese state ,
    lebanon should sue iran  and ask for 1 trillian dollars damages caused by iran and syria

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      Anonymous

      stupid zioniaste try at least to dissimule yourself
      the only country lebanon sue it’s the only ennemy of lebanon the lebanese are not stupid

  5. shankarees Avatar
    shankarees

    Lebanon has suffered from this chronic dilemma of a fundamental flaw for too many decades.  Beginning with the Palestinian States within the state of Lebanon in the late 60’s and 70’s.  Now, they are back and continue to have there ghettos outside Lebanese sovereignty.  Similarly, Hezbollah and Alawite sympathizers in the north and other parts of the country have mini-states outside the control of the Lebanese state, like the Dahieh Ghetto.  I see no solution for Lebanon to become a real state in the 21st century, if all these ghettos are not wiped out.

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    Anonymous

    Lebanon has suffered from this chronic dilemma of a fundamental flaw for too many decades.  Beginning with the Palestinian States within the state of Lebanon in the late 60’s and 70’s.  Now, they are back and continue to have there ghettos outside Lebanese sovereignty.  Similarly, Hezbollah and Alawite sympathizers in the north and other parts of the country have mini-states outside the control of the Lebanese state, like the Dahieh Ghetto.  I see no solution for Lebanon to become a real state in the 21st century, if all these ghettos are not wiped out.

  7. Sebouh80 Avatar
    Sebouh80

    I often hear from March 14 politicians that Lebanon’s only major problem remaining is the “State within a State” which is a clear reference to Hezbollah.

    The truth is  Lebanon’s ongoing problems did not begin with Hezbollah it started ever since the modern state of Lebanon was created in late 1943. As we all know, Lebanon is a country of paradoxes on all aspects of life. The media paints the Lebanese as victims of social and political that precede them and choosing to frame their pleasure as coping mechanism, their own role in aggravating the bottomless rifts that haunts this country and perpetuating other socio-political injustices is ignored. For while Lebanese pride themselves with their hospitality, spouting the phrase “ahlan wa sahlan” at the top of a hat, they are simultaneously resolvedly reluctant to critically assess their own agency as causing the persistence of divisive sectarian identies and the lacunae in dealing with ghosts of the civil war, both factors which continue to push the Lebanese into armed conflict with on- another. Perpetual escapism and denial can only lead to the exasperation of the causes of social and political differences.
     Finally,the suffering that has been endured by the Lebanese people in over 15 years of civil war and foreign occupation is undeniable. Furthermore, representing the Lebanese as tortured by history and as passive victims in a confessionalist political system that percedes them chooses to ignore the ways in which they are responsible for exacerbating many of this country’s problems along class and race lines. By romanticising the paradoxes and forgetting the agency of many Lebanese in perpetuating social injustices, we only assist in hammering another nail into the coffin of this increasingly decaying nation.

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    Anonymous

    I often hear from March 14 politicians that Lebanon’s only major problem remaining is the “State within a State” which is a clear reference to Hezbollah.

    The truth is  Lebanon’s ongoing problems did not begin with Hezbollah it started ever since the modern state of Lebanon was created in late 1943. As we all know, Lebanon is a country of paradoxes on all aspects of life. The media paints the Lebanese as victims of social and political that precede them and choosing to frame their pleasure as coping mechanism, their own role in aggravating the bottomless rifts that haunts this country and perpetuating other socio-political injustices is ignored. For while Lebanese pride themselves with their hospitality, spouting the phrase “ahlan wa sahlan” at the top of a hat, they are simultaneously resolvedly reluctant to critically assess their own agency as causing the persistence of divisive sectarian identies and the lacunae in dealing with ghosts of the civil war, both factors which continue to push the Lebanese into armed conflict with on- another. Perpetual escapism and denial can only lead to the exasperation of the causes of social and political differences.
     Finally,the suffering that has been endured by the Lebanese people in over 15 years of civil war and foreign occupation is undeniable. Furthermore, representing the Lebanese as tortured by history and as passive victims in a confessionalist political system that percedes them chooses to ignore the ways in which they are responsible for exacerbating many of this country’s problems along class and race lines. By romanticising the paradoxes and forgetting the agency of many Lebanese in perpetuating social injustices, we only assist in hammering another nail into the coffin of this increasingly decaying nation.

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