Maybe they have been thinking about the threat from Iran? This is why they have been arming Azerbajian over the years?
Maybe because they get their oil from Azerbajian. So they do business of weapons with them in exchange? Does that make any sense?
The sad and frustrating irony is that Israel seems to be doing to Armenia what it complains about from other countries in the region. Why the hypocritical double-standard, Israel?
Both France and Canada must first start by condemning what is being done to Armenia by its neighbour with support from Turkey and its “neo-Sultan” (sending fighters). It would be a good start.
Then, they could pressure Israel to come to its senses, especially that is has had a relatively good relationship with Armenia. It also has even a better one with Russia.
Enough of armed conflicts. Enough of death. Enough of suffering.
Almost 200 innocent individuals died in
the Beirut surrealistic blast. Among them, little Isaac Oehlers, the youngest victim
of the surrealistic blast that also injured 6500+ people.
Why and for what did the 2-year-old Isaac lose his life?
Same for Lexou or Alexandra (4 year-old)?
Why did other kids lose their eyes?
Why did others lose their parents in front of their innocent eyes?
Why did some others see their parents losing their own eyes?
Where is the international investigation?
Will all these victims ever have answers to their questions?
Today marks two months after the surrealistic explosion (yes, it occurred on August 4, 2020).
Bambi decided to write this post,
after touring the international and local media about Beirut before going to
sleep.
This is how she came across a moving ABC interview with Isaac’s parents (Ms. Sarah Copeland and Mr. Craig Oehler). “After much consideration”, they decided to share their son’s cruel story.
In this post, Bambi would like to take
the time to pause and honour the memory of little Isaac. Her heart goes to his
parents. She sends them her virtual condolences, In her heart, she shares their
pain. She is particularly sad to know that their son died where she was born.
Beirut citizens will always remember Isaac. They have honoured him lately at a concert, with the other victims. They also remembered him on the port site, as you can see below. Isaac was also mentioned at the Paris concert by a Lebanese-Australian TV personality.
Below, you can watch the ABC interview,
if you wish.
Following it, you can see tweets from
Isaac’s mom, along with his beautiful smile.
Much love to Isaac’s mom and dad… and thanks to all those who tried to save his life.
First and foremost, Congratulations/Félicitations (+ “Mazal Tov”) to Ms. Annamie Paul for becoming the new Leader of the Green Party of Canada!
Not easy to fill the shoes a Ms. Elizabeth May. With all due respect to all the politicians of the world, the latter may be CUTEST/NICEST in terms of personality, according to Bambi’s non-expert citizen opinion… Not because she is a woman or of certain ethnolinguistic background or because of the large cross on her chest or her lifetime devotion to ecology (which is honourable) but simply because of one thing: Her personality. Period.
Ms. Paul may be as, or even more, competent than Ms. May. She may be as nice as well… or even nicer. Who knows? Of course, ideas/competence matter more than cuteness in politics! Ideas can contribute to improve our country or to destroy it.
Bambi’s comment is not about the potential of Ms. Paul as a leader of her party. It is about her as a symptom of our society than is rapidly moving in a dangerous direction. Bambi is saying this because of her civil war experiences and seeing her birth country currently suffering much from identity politics (it is sadly trapped in it!).
The difference with Canada is that the people of Lebanon want to free themselves from the chains of identity (or tribal) politics whereas Canadians seem to want to dive into this rhetoric, at least their political elites. Some use their own identity (or parts of their multiple identities) to advance careers, to score political points, or for virtue signalling.
By no means, Bambi is saying that these are the personal intentions of Ms. Paul. She may be the most genuine politician on earth. However, her words at her victory speech yesterday night spoke volumes about the symptomatology of the political syndrome of identity or racial politics (as per the video further below).
The first words that came out her mouth were that Canada made history since she is the direct descendant of slaves. Does that make her “holier” than someone also black but not descendant of ancestors who have been slaves? Does that make her more politically sound than the ideas of someone with another background or look?
La Presse highlighted yesterday that Ms. Paul is the first Jewish and black Canadian politician in Ottawa. GREAT and bravo but… what about her ideas as a politicians (who happens to be Jewish and black)? What about her vision for our country? This is what matters the MOST.
Ms. Paul called her riding by the name of an Indigenous tribe. Same as the rest of our politicians, most academics, and regular citizens. We hear them repeating sentences and reading names they do not know how to pronounce. Some seem highly genuine. Others do it because it needs to be done. Other go out of their way to write down land acknowledgement as agenda items of their meetings. They all want justice for Indigenous people. We all do! Bravo for that! But… is this going to bring any justice or are these yet other empty words that sound like a mantra more than anything else? Plus, how do indigenous people perceive this ritual? Do they tenderly smile or laugh? Do they care? I do not know how Mr. Carol Dubé feel except the pain of having lost his beloved Joyce? He wants justice for her… perhaps not just folklore to all of us.
Why not do something more meaningful like changing the laws or concretely helping solve problems in Indigenous people’s lives? What about political transparency? Are some of their reserves or nations suffering from problems of corruption like mini-Lebanon here and there within Canada? If so, what is the solution?
Since we are at it, can’t we demand justice and get justice without denying ourselves and our current geography and history?
Plus, why do people feel the need to always repeat the latest fashionable thing or to show how illuminated, more than others who have the same good intentions but do not repeat the blahblahblah?
Make no mistake, Bambi is saying all this, and she is aware that other Green Party candidates may have also played on other parts of their own identities to seduce voters and get to the top.
Remember, Bambi said Ms. Paul is likely a Canadian symptom. She is surely not the problem.
This being said, she may be well equipped to truly be part of the solution. For that, Bambi thanks her for her devotion to politics and for her hard work. Same for her team and party. Again, Bambi congratulates her and wishes her all the best!
As a potential voter, Bambi is interested in ideas ONLY. Ms. Paul may be black or Jewish. Bambi does not care, even if she may rely to both since she is supposedly BIPOC too (the funny acronym again :)) AND Semite herself.
Indeed, before the next elections, Bambi will look at the whole picture of the economy/environment, and internal/external Canadian affairs. Even socialism or capitalism does not matter for Bambi as much as political wisdom potentially underlying both (same for silliness that can also underlie both). Same for potential for corruption (instrumental or intellectual/moral that does definitely underlie both).
After listening to Ms. Paul, Bambi started part of her citizen homework yesterday night by reading the updated platform of the Green party. There are some GREAT ideas (thank you) whilst other ideas seemed unrealistic, despite the good intentions. Of course, Bambi will keep touring all the platforms of all parties to keep herself educated before any elections, whether much later or sooner.
Until then, best wishes to Canada, regardless of the political parties holding the power or being in power!
Bambi would like to thank her Dear friend Aline for sharing this beautiful video of Mr. Anthony Ojeill singing for the beautiful yet wounded Lebanon.
She will allow herself to dedicate this song to her childhood friend Joëlle. Today is her birthday. Happy birthday Dearest Jojo :)!! Have a good day!
If she may, Bambi would like to also dedicate this song to your mom Joëlle , our French teacher (“Tante Madame Nicole“, as silly Bambi used to call her in the classroom :)). She has taught us to love the beautiful language of Molière… Well, she will likely also be moved by this talent singing for our beloved Lebanon.
Joëlle’s birthday has also historically fell on the first day of school in Beirut (at the end of the longer summer). This is the day she and Bambi has met for the first time at age 3. They have been friends ever since.
Bambi has a thought today, on this October 4, to all the Beirut kids who are not able to start their academic year because of the destruction of their schools and city by the surrealistic blast of August 4th, 2020.
For Bambi, this brings back memories of two school years fully missed during civil war. Yet, we managed to catch up and learn, swallowing 4-5 chapters of mathematics or physics at once. Do you remember Joëlle?! We had a beautiful childhood despite all this. Thank you for being a big part of it! Happy Birthday again!!
It is Bambi’s hope that Lebanon’s kids and families stop going through adversity and suffering. It is about time to have their beautiful and peaceful country back…
Red blood cells (taken from the Mayo Clinic website)
Sickle cell disease or anemia is a group of disorders,
which is an inherited red blood cell disorder in which there are insufficient
healthy (normally shaped) red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout our body (https://mayocl.in/2Gdue1R).
The abnormally shaped red blood cells can shorten life expectancy due to possible strokes, organ damage, and lung disease.
Patients can suffer from symptoms such as anemia, pain
episodes (joints, etc.), common infections, swelling of feet/hands, delayed
growth/puberty, vision issues, etc.
Sickle cell disease, which is due to a genetic
mutation, is most common people whose ancestors come from much of the
Sub-Saharan Africa as well as Mediterranean countries (e.g., Greece, Turkey,
Italy, etc.), Arabian Peninsula, India, South and Central Americas, and parts
of the Caribbean.
This being said, this post is about a CBC
article/radio segment entitled “ER a ‘last resort’ for
sickle cell patients who face racism when seeking care, says advocate” (https://bit.ly/3jtxSmu). The underlying
message here is that our healthcare system is systemically racist (i.e., stigmatizing)
against sickle cell patients because they are black. It features one patient
and advocate (see below). It is based on her own story (of visits to the ER
during the pandemic) but it generalizes it to the whole 5000 Canadians living
with sickle cell disease.
Ms. Weikle’s CBC article cites a systematic
review on the health-related stigma of patients with sickle cell disease to
support her statement that “stigma and racism are well known”: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6186193/
Systematic reviews are considered the “gold standard” of evidence in the medical literature. However, this systematic review is published in a low-impact journal and has many limitations. For instance, the review includes 27 studies located in different parts of the world, including Nigeria, Jamaica, and Brazil, in addition to the United States (none in Canada). How can we expect the experiences of patients living in Africa or South America to be comparable to those of patients living in other countries (i.e., USA) and to be generalizable to Toronto, Canada? The included studies are about patients who are both youth and adults. Again, their experiences and the impact of any stigma is not comparable between adults and adolescents/youth.
Of note, Toronto is the largest most cosmopolitan (i.e., diverse) Canadian city. Thus, healthcare providers likely more frequently encounter patients with sickle cell diseases or similar conditions (e.g., thalassemia). Healthcare providers are also likely more diverse than in smaller Canadian villages. Some may be from Africa, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Italy, Greece, Saudi Arabia, etc. Thus, more familiar with similar conditions, as described below.
Related to the above point, if she may, Bambi will share her own story here (she does not mind). She has been a patient in four different provinces (Québec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, NB). In each of these jurisdictions, she experienced excellent and sensitive care concerning what falsely appears to be a trait for a red blood condition called thalassemia (mentioned above).
Thalassemia, which is also inherited (passed from
parents to children through genes) is due to the body’s inability to make
enough of protein called hemoglobin, which is a key part of red blood cells. Traits
for thalassemia are more common in Canadians from Mediterranean countries, like
Lebanon, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Palestine, Israel, Syria, etc. Some Canadians
from Africa as well some parts of Asia and the Middle East (not a Mediterranean
country) may also have traits.
Anyhow, no worries, Bambi does not have thalassemia. Mind you, she would have known that since childhood, as blood transfusions would have been needed. She does not even have any thalassemia traits, the false appearance, so to speak.
Indeed, in almost every province she did blood work
for different reasons, even when results are normal, her blood seems to appear slightly
different (less “red” and with differently shaped red blood cells). Sometimes,
it was assumed that she had anemia, but after iron supplementation, no change
in her hemoglobin levels would occur. Almost every time, she would receive a
call, after lab work, telling her that, given her genetic ancestry, she may
wish to be tested for thalassemia traits (the milder form). Well, in Ontario,
her family physician went over and beyond herself to solve this mystery. She
even asked her if she can ask her mother to send her an example of her own blood
work results from abroad. She even ordered a full molecular genetic testing. It
turned out that Bambi truly has nothing, despite her weird red blood cells.
Bambi likes to joke, repeating that she has this form of red blood cells in
solidarity with her former fellow Mediterranean citizens ? (In Greek, “thalassa” and “haema”
mean sea and blood respectively; hence the name of the health condition of
thalassemia common in Mediterranean countries).
OK, you may perhaps think: Oh well, Bambi’s experience
was more positive because she is not black. She will sarcastically reply: Maybe,
but remember, she is supposed to be a BIPOC deer ?.
The latter is that funny acronym that makes Bambi smile each time because she
refuses to be reduced to a label (even it can make her a “holier” deer, so to
speak). As a reminder, this term means “Black, Indigenous, and People of
Colour”. Mind you, if you think that her story is unique, she will share that
her Torontonian friends with traits for thalassemia also had the same positive
experiences as her.
Does that remove anything from the experience of the
patient and advocate featured in the study, Ms. Serena Thompson. Of course not!
Bambi wishes her ALL the best (hopefully no more pain!!) whilst thanking her for
bringing awareness about sickle cell disease.
To conclude this post, please let us keep our critical
sense alive… She does not know about you, but Bambi finds it worrisome and is
highly disturbed by the infiltration of racial ideologies in our medicine.
As written in the France 24 article below, “two months since the Beirut explosion, it is a special day of solidarity between France and Lebanon.
FRANCE 24 partnered up for a charity concert at the Olympia concert hall in Paris, with headliners –including Sting – hoping to raise funds and awareness about the plight of the Lebanese people.”
The concert was directed by “Mr. Ibrahim Maalouf and in the presence of many French-speaking artists (Sting and Mika, Clara Luciani, Matthieu Chedid, Yannick Noah)”.
For this day of solidarity, France 24 also organized two live debates in Beirut, one in French and the other in English.
As far as the concert is concerned, two artists flew to Paris from Beirut to participate in this charity event (i.e.,Ms. Hiba Tawaji and Mr. Oussama Rahbani).
Others (i.e., Ms. Nadine Labaki) participated live from Beirut, in the name of their peers. Ms. Labaki expressed a courageous political message to the Lebanese leaders to demand wisdom and financial reforms.
France 24 partnered with “France Télévisions, Radio France, TV5 Monde and the French Red Cross“.
The concert and the debates were streamed live on five Lebanese channels.
Thanks to Wikipedia for allowing Bambi to watch it live out of Sackville, NB, Canada!
First, here is the amazing concert at the Olympia in Paris!
Slightly before the concert, a France 24 team arrived to Beirut to produce the two debates mentioned above.
Bambi had the chance to watch the first debate. What an excellent (and moving) discussion, which took place in Beirut, right across from the port (site of the blast). The inspiring guests were a journalist, a physician, a consultant in culture, and a law student. This debate was conducted in French.
For those who understand the language of Molière, here it is:
As far as the the English debate was concerned, Bambi is eager to complete watching it at the first opportunity (time to sleep now :)).The topic was: “Rebuilding Beirut: Can Lebanon’s capital make a fresh start?” Thanks to Mr. Gallagher Fenwick and his team of producers, namely Mr. Alessandro Xenos, Ms. uliette Laurain, and Ms. Ariana Mozafari:
To conclude this post, Lebanese people want to live, not just survive from one crisis to the other. They want to preserve their country, freedom, excellent quality of services (medical, pharmaceutical, etc.), vibrant cultural life, quality of life, and… sanity.
They are grateful to France for historically caring about Lebanon and for supporting them.
Once again, many thanks to France and to all the friends of Lebanon around the world, including Europe and the Americas!
Between Bambi and you, there is a love story since childhood… It is not for nothing that Bambi is called “Bambiné” by close family and friends.
Bambi shares the apprehension and pain of your people and friends, Dearest Armenia wherever they are (from the homeland to Lebanon, Canada, the USA, France, and around the world… ).
May this unjust situation end ASAP. Enough of wars and pains.
May your sovereignty prevail on all YOUR land with your beautiful mountains, cities, villages, monasteries, etc.
Bambi saw videos of your beauty (thanks to her parents). One day, she plans to visit you… Of course, it will have to wait until “after the rain“, as the beautiful songs below goes (composed by Mr. Charles Aznavour following your tragic earthquake in 1988).
May your close neighbours wake up and question their wrongdoing.
May the other powers of our planet stop interfering and threatening you.
Do you hear Bambi, Mr. “neo-Sultan”? Hands off Armenia!
To conclude this post on a note of hope, one day the conflict will end. One day, it will be solved. One day, all this will be history. Peace and love will prevail again. Until then, may your friends and wise countries of the world know how to support you.
Rest assured Armenia, Bambi will be praying for you. It is a promise and she will honour it (she is also indirectly saying this to her friends who will be reading this post. They are also all fed up of wars…).
This post is a quick reflection on three stories,
happening in Nova Scotia, Québec, and the United States. They all share the
underlying dangerous game of identity politics or racial politics.
In Halifax (Nova Scotia), as you can see in the video below, the current Premier, Mr. Stephen McNeil, apologized “for systemic racism in justice system”. He did it adding: “I see you, I hear you, I believe you”. The Premiers called all the institutions of his province racist. Does that make any sense? Perhaps to you, but not to Bambi. Why are these institutions racist all of a sudden? This PM apologized not for any past wrongdoing, but for the present. He apologized even before the results of the committee work of his own authorities and its recommendation(s). Why the rush?
If you take the time to listen to part of the same official video in an article by CTV news, you will see the Black Lives Matter sign written on the street across from the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel. Bambi personally finds it a sad view to see from the room of her preferred hotel in town. Why is this beautiful city endorsing radical movements? How will this make our world a better or safer place, she keeps wondering?
The second story builds on a tragedy about disrespect of a patient by a nurse (who said awfully racist remarks recorded on a video). The patient, whose name is Ms. Joyce Echaquan, sadly lost her life following the UNACCEPTABLE incident that took place at Joliette hospital (Québec). She was a mother to seven kids ☹.
Mr. François Legault, the
Prime Minister (name of Premiers in Québec), announced yesterday that this
nurse is fired. Good to act fast on this one.
Today, we just learned that
the Leader of the Liberal Party of Québec, Ms. Dominique Anglade, is calling
for the resignation of the Minister responsible for Indigenous Affairs (Ms. Sylvie
D’Amours).
She does know about you, but Bambi finds it disgusting when someone uses a human tragedy to advance a political move or agenda. This reminds Bambi of what has been done following the HORRIBLE death of Mr. Floyd. We have pushed for identity politics around the world, not even in the USA. Even our own Mr. Justin Trudeau took the knee (ironically protected by a group of RCMP officers whilst demonstrating against the police. Do you see the irony too ??).
Anyhow, perhaps it is
common for politicians to use events but using identity politics is a DANGEROUS
game that can lead to tragic consequences (for a not-to-do lesson, read the
recent history of Lebanon).
Now, the third story is
about an increasingly common phenomenon in the United States’ medical schools
where students are re-writing the traditional Hippocratic Oath, which starts
with the traditional first, do no harm” (or “primum non
nocere,” in Latin as a translation from the original Greek).
Of course, throughout history, there has been attempts to re-write this oath or to make more modern versions of it. This is not the point of this post. The point is how latest versions seem to be turning future physicians more into activists than clinicians. Is the former what you look for in a healthcare provider, as a patient? As far as Bambi is concerned, she looks for expertise and, of course, compassion. Period.
Well, Bambi has developed a sort of an
allergy to ideologies in life after going through civil war. She has witnessed how
too much ideology can radicalize people, especially when they may lack critical
sense.
“As the entering class of 2020, we start our medical journey amidst the
COVID-19 pandemic and a national civil rights movement reinvigorated by the
killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery. We honor the
700,000+ lives lost to COVID-19, despite the sacrifices of health care workers.
We recognize the fundamental failings of our health care and political
systems in serving vulnerable communities. This oath is the first step in our
enduring commitment to repairing the injustices against those historically
ignored and abused in medicine: Black patients, Indigenous patients, Patients
of Color and all marginalized populations who have received substandard care as
a result of their identity and limited resources.
Acknowledging the privilege and responsibility that come with being a
physician, I take this oath as a call to action to fulfill my duty to patients,
to the medical profession and to society.
Thereby, I pledge as a physician and lifelong student of medicine:
I will support and collaborate with my colleagues across disciplines and
professions, while respecting the patient’s vital role on the health care team.
I will honor my physical, mental and emotional health so as to not lessen
the quality of care I provide.
I will carry on the legacy of my predecessors by mentoring the next
generation of diverse physicians.
I will recognize the pivotal role of ethical research in the advancement
of medicine and commit myself to endless scholarship with the ultimate goal of
improving patient care.
I will care for my patients’ holistic well-being, not solely their
pathology. With empathy, compassion and humility, I will prioritize
understanding each patient’s narrative, background and experiences while
protecting privacy and autonomy.
I will champion diversity in both medicine and society, and promote aninclusive environment by respecting the perspectives of others and
relentlessly seeking to identify and eliminate my personal biases.
I will be an ally to those of low socioeconomic status, the BIPOC
community, the LGBTQIA+ community, womxn/women, differently-abled individuals
and other underserved groups in order to dismantle the systemic racism and
prejudice that medical professionals and society have perpetuated.
I will educate myself on social determinants of health in order to use my
voice as a physician to advocate for a more equitable health care system from
the local to the global level.
I will restore trust between the health care community and the population
in which I serve by holding myself and others accountable, and by combating
misinformation in order to improve health literacy.
In making this oath, I embrace the ever-changing responsibilities of
being a physician and pledge to uphold the integrity of the profession in the
clinic and beyond.”
Of course, Bambi may be wrong in her reflections or you may not agree with her
concern about identity politics infiltrating all our institutions and even our
streets with slogans.
You may perhaps be applauding to the oath above or to the apologies.
Anyhow, time will tell us where we are heading with all this.
May the best happen to our beautiful sister province, to us, to our
neighbouring country, and to the whole world.
May everyone be as respectful as possible, regardless of his or her
profession or role (nurse/physician or patient).
Today, a nurse or a physician may be an employed healthcare provider.
Tomorrow, he/she will be a consumer of that same system. Same for our
politicians. Today, they are writing history (or so they think), tomorrow they
(or their children) will reap the fruits of their ideas and apologies.
It is Bambi’s hope that these fruits will be delicious for all, instead of
being too sour or bitter.
Those who read this blog on a regular basis may recall
that Bambi developed a little pleasure in life recently, namely the hobby of
replying to Mr. Nasrallah’s speeches. She may at times be sarcastic. At other
times serious. At all times, she will speak up her mind without any
self-restriction.
The text below comes from Mr. Nasrallah’s own speech
of today. The bold sentences are Bambi’s replies.
For those who do not know this, Mr. Nasrallah is the
head of the Hezbollah.
This post ends with two screenshots of an article
published in Naharnet about Mr. Nasrallah’s speech.
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Nasrallah:
We welcomed President Macron’s role and the French initiative for helping
Lebanon, but not for him to become a prosecutor, a ruler or a custodian over
us. We still support the French initiative but the rhetoric must be reviewed,
because national dignity was insulted two days ago.
Wow. So,
Mr. Nasrallah got triggered by Mr. Macron. Funny how the insult works only when
it comes from France and not when it comes from Iran, its Master.
Mr.
Nasrallah, speak for your own “dignity”. Do not add the word national to it.
Nations belong to people. Not to thugs who pretend to speak in its name.
Nasrallah
to Macron: If you want to know who foiled your initiative, look for the Americans
who imposed sanctions and are threatening to impose more and look for King
Salman’s speech at the U.N.
Bambi
does not know the details behind the scenes to know if this is a piece of truth
or a lie hidden in a statement. She only knows that people do not believe
anyone of their political leaders, especially those from the war era like
yourself, Mr. Nasrallah. Since she has been away from Lebanon for over 30
years, miles away behind sea and ocean, she can see matters more clearly than
you, especially that: (1) As a deer she is free by definition. She does not put
anyone’s fate in the hands of external powers like Iran and (2) She does not
feel scared because she is cornered like yourself.
Nasrallah:
Iran does not interfere in the Lebanese affairs and it does not make dictations
and we in the Shiite duo [he means Amal movement and Hezbollah, from the Shiite
or Shia Muslim sect] take the decisions.
Mr.
Nasrallah, it is not because you state something as the truth that it is true.
No one believes you. So why do you keep lying? What’s wrong, Mr. Nasrallah. You
stopped being proud of being a proxy for Iran all of a sudden ??
Plus, what an inspiring duo, you and your peers from the Amal movement. Wow. Amazing. You do not burn or destroy tents of Lebanese students and civilians who were revolting against their government’s systemic corruption/banking fraud. You do not indulge in any corruption neither. You are not allied with a movement that steals like the rest of the political system. Plus, you do not hide weapons.
Nasrallah:
We still welcome the French initiative, but the approach that was followed last
month cannot be continued.
What is
this initiative? What approach are you talking about?
Nasrallah:
We do not accept that anyone addresses us with this language.
WOW. Your
words will make Mr. Macron go hide in the ground floor of the Élysée Palace!
Nasrallah:
We are not part of the corrupt political class.
If you
say so… but just as reminder: “all of them means ALL of them!” (slogan of the
Lebanese revolt of October 17, 2020).
Nasrallah
to Macron: A settlement is different than surrender. We do not practice the
game of terrorism and intimidation against anyone in Lebanon.
Ha!Ha!Ha!
You could have been a comedian, Mr. Nasrallah. Do you know that? Perhaps you
can change your vocation if you ever become unemployed.
Nasrallah:
It was not us who chose war, the Zionists rather occupied our land.
What
should Bambi say to this? The Israelis sadly occupied your land indeed.
However, their occupation ended in 2000. That was 20 years ago, Mr. Nasrallah.
Perhaps you did not choose that initial occupation indeed. However, sadly you
keep choosing and re-choosing the rhetoric of war and the acts of violence over
and over. You start wars or you provoke them or you indulge in them. Who pays
the price? The innocent people of your country ☹.
Nasrallah:
We did not go to Syria to fight civilians. We went there at the invitation of
the Syrian government to fight terrorist groups.
Perhaps you are saying some truth here. You did not plan to fight civilians… but you supported a dictator who conveniently got rid of a large part of his civilians who escaped to Lebanon, to neighbouring countries, and to Europe in HUGE numbers. Perhaps you did combat some who are religious freaks (like you… but the other side of the coin). However, did you ask your government for the permission to go to war? You did it behind their backs when they were telling the whole world that they were being “neutral”.
Nasrallah
to Macron: Our enemies and friends know that we honor our pledges.
How
dignified. Amazing.
Nasrallah
to Macron: What you are asking from us contradicts with democracy. You are
asking the parliamentary majority to bow and cede power to the parliamentary
minority.
Ha!Ha!Ha!
So Mr. Nasrallah is now giving lessons of democracy to the President of France.
Nasrallah
to Macron: We did not say around the table that we would accept any government.
No clue
what you said. Bambi does not care. It is your acts that matter the most. Not
your blahblahblah.
Nasrallah:
President Macron, who accused us of intimidation, is the one who practiced the
intimidation policy against the heads of parties in order to pass the
government.
Ha!Ha!Ha!
Sometimes in life it is better to laugh than to cry.
Nasrallah:
What if a new government decides to sell the state’s assets.
What if?
Is this a threat? You sold people’s souls after selling your own soul to the
devil whilst naming your party in the name of God.
Nasrallah:
What if a government accepts the conditions of the IMF without any discussions.
What if?
People want a government that will reform. People want impunity to end. People
trust the IMF more than they trust you and your peers (all the other
mafia-club).
Nasrallah:
We should be in the government to protect the back of the resistance, so that
Lebanon does not witness a government similar to the May 5, 2008 government.
Ha!Ha!Ha!
you said the truth here, the whole truth: “we should be in the government
to protect the back of the resistance”. This is all what you care about:
protecting yourself. Period! You hide in the government and/or behind the
scenes. You do not want much exposure to avoid much sanctions and isolation.
You are taking Lebanon down with you. Don’t you see that it is becoming not
just Venezuela, not just Gaza… but worse than Somalia. When will you wake up
Mr. Nasrallah? When will you decide to put Lebanon FIRST?
Nasrallah:
We cannot stay out of the government because we fear for the country and its
people.
See, this
is your dilemma. How to survive… How to manage when the American elections will
take place. When Iran will come to its senses (or knees?), Lebanon may find
itself finally safeagain.
You will remain part of its fabric but minus your military megalomania (proxy
to Iran).
Nasrallah:
The coercion method does not work in Lebanon, regardless of its advocates and
sponsors, be them the U.S., France or Europe.
Only
coercion works with thugs or delinquents.
Nasrallah:
What was proposed last month was not a salvation government but rather a
government named by the club of ex-PMs.
No clue about the details. The problem of Lebanon is being taken hostage between corruption (of all) and the hegemony of one group (yours… just to show that you are not isolated, you are now stressing your alliance with Mr. Berri).You are making it sound like it is about being Muslim Shia. It is not about sects or religion. It is about a philosophy of life. Yours is into a logic of war and destruction. People’s logic is about life and love. They do not want to die. They want to live in dignity and prosperity. Why don’t you get it?!
Nasrallah:
The French initiative does not mention the number of ministers nor the rotation
of portfolios.
Shame on
you Mr. Nasrallah. This is not kindergarten where we distribute candies or
pieces of cakes. This is supposed to be the government of a country!
Nasrallah:
Some wanted to eliminate the parliamentary blocs and the President’s powers and
they sought to introduce new norms.
No
comment. Bambi does not care neither about the powers of the President nor
about your own powers. This is about saving Lebanon from you!!! ALL of you!!
Nasrallah:
The naming of ministers for all sects in Lebanon by a single person is
dangerous for the country.
You are
the danger, Mr. Nasrallah.
Nasrallah:
It was not Adib who was negotiating with us over the government, but rather
ex-PM Saad Hariri, and the club of ex-PMs wanted to distribute the portfolios
and name the ministers alone.
No, this
Mr. Adib may have been decent, who knows? He recognized that he was being used,
most likely by yourself. This is why he stepped down. How many more PM are you
going to sacrifice?
Nasrallah:
Adib did not consult with President Aoun.
No clue
if he did or did not. He is doomed in either way. You made him fail (remember,
you are the proxy…).
Nasrallah:
The French must know where they erred, especially as to eliminating the
President’s most important remaining power, which is participation in the
formation of governments.
Mr.
Nasrallah, please give us a break. Stop the blahblahblah.
Nasrallah:
We did not put any conditions when Mustafa Adib was nominated and did not make
any prior agreement to show our intention to facilitate the process.
Sure ?. We all believe you. Very
convincing. Just like when you said you did not know anything about the port.
Same like the explosion in the south of the country last week. We all believed
you. It was not related to your weapons. It was all about the same welders and
the same firework. Yay, all meant for festivals of love and fun in Lebanon!
Nasrallah:
We do not place missiles at Beirut port nor near a gas station and we know very
well where we should place our missiles.
How
clever. Amazing.
Nasrallah:
Hizbullah is not obliged to invite journalists to any site mentioned by
Netanyahu, but we are doing this now due to the sensitivity of the situation
after the August 4 explosion.
How
sensitive. How noble. Amazing.
Nasrallah
on Netanyahu’s allegations: Hizbullah’s media relations department is calling
media outlets to invite them to the site.
How
generous. How wise. Wow!
Nasrallah:
The Israeli enemy is maintaining the highest level of alertness on Lebanon’s
border and this is something good.
Bambi does not care about either you or them. ENOUGH of stupidity both of you!!
Nasrallah
said Hizbullah still intends to retaliate to the killing of one of its fighters
in Syria.
Sorry for the loss of life of this person. Bambi hopes it is not a youth you brainwashed to go to war ☹. As for your logic of revenge and hate, so sad to see you a prisoner of your stupid ideology. You must be a sad man deep inside, Mr. Nasrallah. Why don’t you learn to relax and just live life… while at it, can you let others also live their life!!!??
Nasrallah:
The armed groups in north Lebanon were plotting major military action.
Perhaps
so. Perhaps an external force is interfering there (Turkey? Other? Who knows?).
This is not your business Mr. Nasrallah. It is the Lebanese army’s role that
sadly saw two of its soldiers killed.
Nasrallah
offered condolences to Kuwait over the death of Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed
al-Sabah, saying the late leader played a “personal and major role”
in ending Lebanon’s civil war.
May he
rest in peace. Why don’t you honour his memory by ending YOUR wars now?
Nasrallah
said security forces made major achievements against the extremist groups in
the North during the latest confrontations.
Why are you telling us this? To make the people think that you are the hero or the savour? In other terms, a needed force against any Islamism of the other side of the coin? This is not your role. This is the Lebanese army and Lebanese secret services role only. Do not take credit for their heroism.
All the pictures below were published in Naharnet, taken from the above video:
A major part of Beirut was destroyed on August 4th, 2020. About 200 people died and over 6000+ were injured. Many citizens are now homeless. Four hospitals were fully destroyed, several schools heavily damaged, and a high number of businesses are now closed.
Whether the ammonium nitrate of the Beirut explosion was just mere carelessness or meant to be used as weapons, Bambi does not care… In either case, in her mind, it is a story of criminal negligence (in addition to political stupidity). It is a crime against one’s population and city. Once again, where is the international investigation!?
Enough of human tragedies in Beirut/Lebanon. ENOUGH of stories of dangerous weapons and risky behaviours, whether the video above is accurate or not.
