{"id":35291,"date":"2026-11-11T23:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T03:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=35291"},"modified":"2026-11-11T23:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T03:20:10","slug":"mr-naim-qassem-lebanon-can-no-longer-endure-his-continuous-choice-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/mr-naim-qassem-lebanon-can-no-longer-endure-his-continuous-choice-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Naim Qassem: Lebanon can no longer endure his continuous choice of war"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FinalLebanonEnough.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FinalLebanonEnough.jpg 410w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FinalLebanonEnough-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 85vw, 410px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bambi learned from l&#8217;Orient Today that the head of the Iranian-sponsored Lebanese Hezbollah militia prefers another round of war to disarmament (<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/wm45b2rc\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/wm45b2rc<\/a>).  Indeed, Mr. Qassem does not seem to understand that his country cannot take it anymore. At one point, he must learn to accept defeat and cut his losses.  Will this ever happen anytime soon? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At one point, Mr. Qassem has to let the suffering of the innocent people be a turning point for change: is this the vision he wants for &#8220;his&#8221; Lebanon and for his own organization? Is war what his fellow citizens aspire to transmit to their children? What about all those who want love and peace, not absurd wars? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about those who, contrary to him, are grateful for the recent political support of five embassies who joined forces to show their care for Lebanon: the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK, and Japan. Why is he insulting these countries because they expressed concerns for the safety of the innocent Lebanese people? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The population of Lebanon is being taken hostage by the military suicidal adventures of the Hezbollah and by the Lebanese government who is still not standing up to this militia? And what to say about the occupation and the continuous war in the south? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, nothing can be said about the frustrating and worrisome troubles of Lebanon. So how about ending this post with Mr. Nicola Ciccone&#8217; s thoughtful song on the choice of peace and  love? For those of you who don&#8217;t understand French, if you are interested, below you can find an English translation of the lyrics (taken from an older post).   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Nicola Ciccone - Nous serons six milliards (en spectacle)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sk5Qbq1LGf8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8220;They are more than six billion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>And we are only two<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>To want love<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Be the greatest of the gods<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>They say we are crazy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>That we do blasphemy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>But we stay standing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>We never believe them<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>They are more than six billion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>And we are only two<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>To see that all these wars<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Only serve heinous acts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>They say we are cowardly<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>That they will put chains on us<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>But despite all their rages<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>We choose peace<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Of course there are days<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Where we lose heart<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Of course there are days<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Where we shipwreck<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>But despite all these days<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Despite all these outrages<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>We believe that one day<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>That one fine day<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>They are more than six billion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>And we are only two<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>To believe that all men<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Have the right to be happy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>They say we are deaf<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>That hell is on earth<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>But despite their insults<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>We believe in tomorrow<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Of course there are days<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Where we lose heart<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Of course there are days<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Where we shipwreck<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>But despite all these days<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Despite all these outrages<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>We believe that one day<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>That one fine day<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>We will be six billion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>And they will be nothing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>We will unite our dreams<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Our joys and our paths<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>We will go without detours<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Rediscover the light<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>We will be six billion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>And they will be nothing<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bambi learned from l&#8217;Orient Today that the head of the Iranian-sponsored Lebanese Hezbollah militia prefers another round of war to disarmament (https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/wm45b2rc). Indeed, Mr. Qassem does not seem to understand that his country cannot take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sackvillesmemorialpark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35291"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35295,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35291\/revisions\/35295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}