The indictment is here. Just 18 days after a government formed seemingly overnight, the day has come with timing that can only be described as… convenient. Not only has this government formed itself and sat for nice photos, it suddenly has a policy statement as well — the largest hurdle between it and legitimacy. Excellent timing indeed. When it was first announced that a new government had been formed, there was a collective sigh of relief. And now more than two weeks later, only the village idiot cannot see what is happening. Do we know what this government means? The Lebanese people are so busy with the trials of daily life, perhaps they haven’t the time to take stock of the forces gathering around us. The myriad items of basic domestic governance that the months without a government have left undone is so immense that the tonnage of requests for
