Love him or hate him, Rafik Hariri had a skill set that worked for Lebanon. He was good at amalgamating the competing interests of Lebanon’s various groups and defending this country on the international stage with a unified vision of what Lebanon was and where it was heading. He also had foreign connections he could use to help Lebanon punch above its weight when dealing with powerful players such as the Americans. He considered Lebanon a package, and he included and defended everyone. And the Americans hated him for it. Hariri would have fought an attempt to single out Hezbollah for sanctions that risked destroying our economy. He embraced our divisions and believed that the prosperity a free market economy promised for the entire country would have made them moot. Today, we not only lack solid diplomatic representation in Washington, but we’re also speaking as a cacophony, without authority and
Hello Dr. Akkawi, I am sure that, some inward feeling is signalling you that you have missed out on this one. I have no doubt at all in my mind that the late Rafik Hariri was, in many ways, an outstanding person. To have navigated, relatively smoothly, the wave of Lebanese politics for so long was already, by itself, an uncommon feat. Even if, according to some, the entire program was vitiated at the base, one must admit that it was impeccably implemented. We are now left to mend the broken pieces, and that is no easy feat unfortunately. We have reached today the point of no return, and many have no clue as to which direction to turn to. We expect your magazine to help us in this respect by pointing out the avenues that all the responsible EXECUTIVES ought to follow, be they in the public or in the private domains.
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Hello Dr. Akkawi, I am sure that, some inward feeling is signalling you that you have missed out on this one. I have no doubt at all in my mind that the late Rafik Hariri was, in many ways, an outstanding person. To have navigated, relatively smoothly, the wave of Lebanese politics for so long was already, by itself, an uncommon feat. Even if, according to some, the entire program was vitiated at the base, one must admit that it was impeccably implemented. We are now left to mend the broken pieces, and that is no easy feat unfortunately. We have reached today the point of no return, and many have no clue as to which direction to turn to. We expect your magazine to help us in this respect by pointing out the avenues that all the responsible EXECUTIVES ought to follow, be they in the public or in the private domains.
Comments are closed.