We have strived to build a better Lebanon. Month after month, we have highlighted the failings of the state and trumpeted the successes the Lebanese have had, both at home and abroad. Slowly but surely after the end of the 15-year civil war in 1990, the country and its ingenious people have moved forward. There were the good times; summers of plenty, when tourism and trade grew and it looked as though we were leaving our troubles behind us. There were also the tough times. We endured the lack of governance, the war with Israel, the rampant corruption, and the spree of assassinations. But through it all we still believed that things would get better. Now that hope is fading. Sunny skies have given way to darker clouds, as the threat of war again knocks on the country’s door. But this time it is not a foreign enemy bringing death
