{"id":9822,"date":"2021-03-18T16:22:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T19:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=9822"},"modified":"2021-03-18T19:50:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T22:50:15","slug":"the-state-of-lebanon-fragile-at-risk-of-failure-or-already-failed-and-whats-next-for-its-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/03\/18\/the-state-of-lebanon-fragile-at-risk-of-failure-or-already-failed-and-whats-next-for-its-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"The state of Lebanon: Fragile? At risk of failure? Or already failed? And what’s next for its residents?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Can the world help those (Lebanese politicians) who do\nnot want to help themselves or rather their citizens (democratic processes, reforms\nto address corruption)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To what extent can the still more solid yet struggling\ncountries of the world help other more vulnerable states? Should they keep\ndoing it, especially without any anti-corruption reforms?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until when will Paris, Washington, London, Ottawa, and\nall the countries and entities of the world (UN, Vatican, etc.) keep urgently\ncalling for the Lebanese politicians to go into elections and to form a new\ngovernment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what if Lebanon goes into elections? Will these elections\nbe transparent and honest\u2026 or will history repeat itself, at least with some\ncandidates?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what if the elections are the most democratic in\nthe world, will the Lebanese citizens choose to re-elect the same sectarian and\/or\ncorrupt politicians?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about those honest politicians or aspiring\npoliticians who truly want to be able to save their country? Will they be able\nto do so? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about all these innocent people (not connected to\nany of the words starting with \u201cM\u201d, namely mafia and\/or militia)? They are hopeless\nbecause their politicians collectively failed them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it too much to ask for a basic quality of life in 2021?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may seem odd, anti-environmental, and not very civilized to burn tyres in the middle of streets and to block highways and roads. True\u2026 but do these people have any choice? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is surely sad to watch from far away and see a Red Cross ambulance carrying a Covid-19 patient stuck in the traffic. Bambi watched a Naharnet<\/em> news video with citizens carrying one senior sick woman on their own backs between the cars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, Bambi will stop here\u2026 as there is nothing much\nthat could be said about the tiny, bankrupt yet dignified Lebanon\u2026 but until when?!\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why should history have to repeat itself? Why should\nthe problems of countries of the Middle East and elsewhere become the reasons\nof massive immigration to other welcoming, beautiful countries (European mainly,\nbut also here in North America, in Africa, South America, Australia\/New\nZealand, and elsewhere\u2026)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shouldn\u2019t we help countries save their own issues in\ntheir own places first?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we do not do this, older, recent, and new immigrants will all keep singing songs like the following one\u2026 beautiful yet very moving words (French with English subtitles). It is entitled “Adieu mon pays<\/em>“. Thank you Mr. Enrico Macias for your immortal talent!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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