We lebanese, we must have learned from our recent history, that when the masses follow blindly a leader this can NEVER be a good thing. Read any book, watch any documentary about the lebanese war and you will know for fact that one of the main reasons behind the nonsense and destruction was what we call : "za3amet". It is very sad how this complete trust and dedication for leaders, although largely criticized in the country by the people themselves, is still very much present. It makes me ask whether people understand that in democracies, people in the government, in the parliament are supposed to serve the people. This is their job.
It is very curious how these leaders emerge too. I just cannot understand how people from the same family or neighberhood ended up shooting at each other during the civil war, simply because of a personal fight that happened overnight between the leaders of one party. I am mentionning the civil war, something that most lebanese wish to avoid, because it seems to me we haven't learned a lesson, sadly.
What is happening today in Lebanon ? Isn't it true that it is mostly a matter of leaders fighting with each other, especially now the election date is getting closer ? They started to form surrealistic coalitions and in any decent democracy they would have lost completley their credibility from playing such games. We keep on giving them second-chances and thirds and so on ...
Yes it is true that many people got deceited from Aoun, but many decided to follow "even if" since the guy is "patriotic". This kind of justifications, that people gave to Aoun, Joumblat, Nasrallah and even worse for Jaja (becoming a leader yet again ! after a life sentence ? ) are the mercy bullet for a democracy that is struggling for her life.
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