The blame game

[pullquote]The one capital error that we must eradicate above all is to blindly blame one crisis on the other[/pullquote] Lebanon’s two current crises will not evaporate anytime soon. Our economy is struggling and GDP growth rates are too low for the needs of an emerging country. Our cities and villages are confronted by a refugee crisis of immense proportions. Neither problem will go away if we just close our eyes and both are related in many ways, but the one capital error that we must eradicate above all is to blindly blame one crisis on the other. As the Syrian conflict enters into its fourth year evidence of human rights violations committed by all conflict parties against civilians continue to mount. The war has displaced more than 10 million Syrians, both inside the country and out, and left vast areas of Syrian territory unsafe for refugees to return. Reluctantly, Lebanon