To you, our enemy

ENAR

The massive destruction caused by criminal negligence on behalf of our politicians is impossible to assess. Innocent lives were lost. Property, seaport, livelihoods, schools, hospitals, homes, jobs, businesses, trade, dreams, and aspirations were totally destroyed. The impact of this deadly criminal act will reverberate for years to come.  Beyond razing the wonderful cultural heritage from the Ottoman and the French era around the city’s port—the city’s lungs—the carcass of the silo reminds us of the lost aspiration we had in 1968 to turn our country into a regional hub of grain trade. Decades of your greed is making us beg for bread instead. The streets were transformed to resemble the ugliness that you represent. After the Civil War you collectively sabotaged every effort to build this nation, to bring back its glory, and to achieve its potential.  This Beirut looks like you. What you weren’t able to destroy during the