The Lebanese will never succumb to terrorism
By: Elias Bejjani*
September 12/2010
The on going dire challenges that are imposed on our Lebanese people and beloved
country, Lebanon, by the Axis of Evil countries and organizations, Hezbollah,
Syria, Iran and their mercenaries, does not affect our self confidence or weaken
our strong spirit of peaceful and civilized resistance. These existential
challenges make us stronger and more adamant to reclaim by all means our
confiscated freedom, independence and sovereignty.
With each and every threat Hezbollah voices to subdue us, take over Lebanon and
annihilate our identity and culture, our perseverance and longing for a free
Lebanon without Hezbollah and its likes are reignited and rejuvenated. Threats
and intimidation never scared our courageous, peace loving people in the past,
and definitely will never now or at any time in the future no matter who is
threatening or how loud and sturdy are the threats.
We, the sovereign and faithful Lebanese, intensely believe in our legitimate and
holy right to a descent, free and democratic Lebanon. It must be crystal clear
to all aggressors, fundamentalists, terrorists and powers of evil that we shall
never allow any of them to control our country or force on our people a regime
that drags us back into a Stone Age era like the Syrian Baathist and Iranian
mullahs' regimes.
We plan, anticipate, wait and hold on to our faith and hopes. We strive and
work hard for achievable reachable, reasonable, legitimate, righteous,
acceptable and logical aims. We have always been convinced that our patriotic
dreams and hopes can be fulfilled when genuinely embraced with faith,
self-confidence, perseverance, determination, devotion, knowledge and a strong
will. We strived and shall keeping on striving to keep Lebanon a pioneering,
civilized nation and to live peacefully under the umbrella of law, justice,
freedom and human rights.
We strived and shall keeping striving to make our society an example in
righteous virtues and tolerance.
We struggled and shall keep struggling to be in full control of our destiny,
history, heritage and culture.
We worked hard and shall continue doing so for a Lebanon in which only the
language of peace and love will prevail.
We are hopeful that the day of positive change will come soon to fulfill our
people’s dreams, ambitions and aspirations. We are hopeful that equality will
rule where individual rights are respected, law is the criteria for judgment and
qualifications are the only basis for reward and appreciation. We are adamant to
fight for righteous national slogans that our people understand and respect. We
long that peace shall defeat war, stability beat terrorism, qualifications
overcome favoritism, righteousness replaces oppression, nationalism abolishes
subservience and openness wins over isolation.
Lebanon cannot survive without justice no matter what price the Lebanese need to
pay. Meanwhile, Lebanon will not be again an oasis for peace if the criminals
are not made accountable and put on trial. History tells us that political
assassinations and oppression will not end unless the state of law prevails.
Accordingly, all Lebanese politicians and leaders who are currently hailing all
vicious attacks against the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) must be
identified and tagged as traitors who are succumbing to terrorism and willingly
carrying the yoke of enslavement.
The Lebanese need to be fully aware that the vicious ongoing campaign against
the STL waged by Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and their mercenaries is a destructive
well planned scheme against the Lebanese people’s dignity, honor, rights and
future.
Hezbollah's terrorism scheme to intimidate the Free World, Arab countries and
the UN must not be allowed to succeed or otherwise Lebanon will fall prey to
Syria and Iran. Those wicked and cowardly Lebanese politicians who are trying to
corner the Lebanese people between either stability or justice must be indicted
on charges of treason because no country can be independent and free without
justice.
The Lebanese dreams and hopes in a civilized and prosperous free, democratic and
multicultural Lebanon will all be evaporated and buried if, God forbid, justice
is compromised and Hezbollah is allowed to get away with the Hariri crime and
other horrible atrocities. Hezbollah, Syria, Iran, and all other suspects in the
Hariri crime and other political crimes must be put on trial and justice served.
To those Lebanese politicians who sold out their country and its people for
thirty pieces of silver we say: enough is enough, no more deceiving and
conniving. The time has come for you to face justice and pay for your crimes.
In conclusion, no matter what the hardships are, the faithful Lebanese people will not abandon their patriotic obligations to defend their beloved country, and by God's graces shall always stand tall like their Holy Cedars, and will never ever succumb to terrorism.
*Elias Bejjani
*Canadian-Lebanese Human Rights activist, journalist and political
commentator
*Email phoenicia@hotmail.com
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