{"id":1511,"date":"2019-11-21T22:47:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T02:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2019-11-21T23:07:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T03:07:51","slug":"orient-le-jour-900-1000-parisians-of-lebanese-origins-rally-again-in-support-with-lebanese-protestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2019\/11\/21\/orient-le-jour-900-1000-parisians-of-lebanese-origins-rally-again-in-support-with-lebanese-protestors\/","title":{"rendered":"Orient Le Jour: 900-1000 Parisians of Lebanese origins rally again in support of Lebanese protestors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Paris-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1512\" width=\"362\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Paris-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Paris-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Paris.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 85vw, 362px\" \/><figcaption>From L&#8217;Orient Le Jour, November 17, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Un millier de Libanais de nouveau mobilis\u00e9s \u00e0 Paris : paroles de manifestants\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/060Q4sm8kGU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>French content<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is impressive that between 900 and 1000 Parisians of Lebanese origins rallied once again in support of Lebanese protestors in less than a month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like everyone else, Bambi does not know how the Lebanese revolution will end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anything is realistically possible for sure. The best case scenario would be a much needed change of a system that has clearly failed. The worse case scenario can of course be violence&#8230; or even chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This being said, at least the people of Lebanon woke up from their apathy (they use the term &#8220;coma&#8221; there). They are courageously demanding, for the first time ever, an end of the &#8220;metastatic&#8221; corruption. They want transparency. They want a real functional country. How? Through a government composed of independent technocrats who will have the legislative executive power to draft a new electoral law (in order to hold elections). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mind you, Lebanon does not seem to be showing any sign of a forthcoming government (not even with those same politicians, that is minus any technocrats). In the meantime, the financial crisis is deepening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe the President of Lebanon should hire a head-hunting firm to find those technocrats (just like Sackville is doing now to search for its new CAO :);   <a href=\"https:\/\/warktimes.com\/\">https:\/\/warktimes.com\/<\/a> ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was a joke, obviously. More seriously, what is Lebanon waiting for? Not for Godot, Bambi hopes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it waiting for a bailout from this or that country or external entity? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who will dare to help Lebanon once again? Will any financial support work and for how long? Until a next crisis, if serious reforms are not undertaken? Will any external help come with strings attached? Why do political solutions seem be paralyzed or totally absent, even after a month of protests? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Too many questions. No clear answers. Just the hope for a better tomorrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is impressive that between 900 and 1000 Parisians of Lebanese origins rallied once again in support of Lebanese protestors in less than a month. 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