In 2015, many of the reasons behind Lebanon’s built-in logjam came to the surface. The garbage crisis is the case in point that best illustrates how the whole system is rotten to the core. Beyond our government’s inability to preemptively devise solutions to imminent perils, we watched as priorities were often confused and demands articulated in an incoherent manner. Everyone wants a solution to the garbage problem but no one wants a sanitary landfill anywhere near them. Many believe in private enterprise but dislike the private sector. Our beautiful nation is tired of being unremittingly abused and turned into a vulgar yet frail land for politicians to continue taking advantage of. It’s of little surprise that citizens no longer wish to associate themselves with it. Meanwhile, 60 kilometers away, the Syrian crisis keeps getting even more complicated as new players continue to join the ‘game’. Discovering water on Mars would
