[LCM Articles] Lebanese Polls (fwd)

[Camil Jreige]

Dear Jad:

I was really sad to read in your email "  As a Maronite I couldn’t be 
happier to know that Lebanon matters not just to me, but to a lot of people 
from different sects" as well as " the anti-Lebanese" and "the true lovers 
of Lebanon".

You should have no doubt that every single lebanese cares about lebanon as 
much as you do, wether he was in today's demonstration or in the 
"pro-syrien" demonstration.

And since we are talking about the millions, on both side, there is a third 
side, also in millions, who although they do share the feeling of one of the 
others, but did not show in the demonstration, most of them mother and 
grand-mothers who are afraid and pray every single day for this to pass 
peacefully, because they have seen enogh in their lifetime.

Jad, i am sorry if i over-reacted, but if you have family living in a mixed 
area, both religously and politicaly, then you willl understand what such 
words will cause later.

Camil.








>From: jad mezher <jado_m at yahoo.com>
>To: Loai Naamani <loai at mit.edu>, lebanon-articles at mit.edu
>Subject: Re: [LCM Articles] Lebanese Polls (fwd)
>Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:41:02 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>I don't know what's the idea behind the poll but I deplore it as somewhat 
>not credible especially that it doesn’t come from a neutral party rather 
>from a newspaper alienated with one side of the Lebanese conflict (knowing 
>that Assafir is staunchly Pro-Syrian).
>
>I am not suggesting here that only pro-opposition party polls need to be 
>considered.
>
>I am just saying that some people are trying to keep the fire burning by 
>suggesting that the fight for a Lebanon free from foreign intervention 
>(Western & Arabic) highly depends on what sect you come from.
>
>I see this as very surprising as it comes with news that the anti-Syrian 
>protest is gradually loosing its cross-sectarian flavor.
>
>I came accidentally across an article from the Christian Science Monitor 
>that said:
>
>“…..Still, Lebanon remains a divided society, starkly illustrated by the 
>recent protests for and against Syria's role here. The anti-Syrian protests 
>are gradually losing their cross-sectarian flavor, condensing to a core of 
>Maronite Christians, traditionally the most active opponents of Syrian 
>hegemony.”
>
>http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0311/p06s01-wome.html
>
>
>
>I hate to believe that this is true.
>
>Hariri’s assassination is nothing but a despicable act of terror in itself, 
>but it was also a catalyst that brought most of the Lebanese families 
>together in demanding that Lebanon live in peace once and for all.
>
>As a Maronite I couldn’t be happier to know that Lebanon matters not just 
>to me, but to a lot of people from different sects.
>
>But was this just for a few weeks? What’s after that?
>
>Do we go back 5, 10 years?  Coulon youghanni 3ala laylah?
>
>
>
>Can we still hope that whatever the anti-Lebanese are trying to do, one 
>day, very soon, all the true lovers of Lebanon will once and for all show 
>their allegiance only to the Lebanese flag free from any green or white 
>stars?
>
>
>
>I can’t wait to see.
>
>
>Check the attached picture. It’s really something
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Loai Naamani <loai at MIT.EDU> wrote:
>Survey Published today in As-Safir Newspaper, Beirut
>
>http://www.assafir.com/iso/today/front/250.html
>
>Q: Who killed Hariri?
>
>A1: Syrian & Lebanese Secret Service:
>86.2% Maronites, 80% Druze, 78% Orthodox, 49% Sunni, 9.4% Shia.
>
>A2: Israeli/US Secret Service:
>90.6% Shia, 51% Sunni, 21.4% Orthodox, 20% Druze, 13% Maronites
>
>Summary:
>
>There are more Sunnis who are opposed to the opposition than who are
>supportive (47.1 % supportive versus 52.9 % opposed).
>97 % of Shi`ites are opposed to the Lebanese opposition, more than 90% of
>the Druze are for it, as are 80% of the Christians.
>
>Sunnis overwhelmingly (87.7 % ) reject disarming Hizbollah, 94.2 % of
>Shi`ites are opposed to disarming Hizbullah.
>And 96.4 % of Lebanese Shi`ites consider the US "unfriendly"
>toward Lebanon, followed by 80.6 % of Sunnis, 48.2 % of Greek Orthodox,
>47.3 % of Greek Catholics, 41 % of Maronites, and 35 % of Druzes.
>
>But there are also points of consensus:
>
>Q:Do you favor including Hizbollah in a national unity government?
>
>yes: 94% of Armenians, 90% Druze, 88% Maronites, 87% Sunnis, 78% Shia,
>10.8% Orthodox
>
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