Overwhelming and agonizing [Archives:2006/977/Community]
By: Afrah Nasser
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What we saw in the recent days was convulsion. Seismic changes in international relations have occurred. A lot of facts have been floated. I knew too much information about how Arab leaders handle situations and I knew a lot of details of the background of today's case.
No wonder that we are not going to be the same, I'm not going to be the same. I have never thought of myself writing about political events in a political newspaper. In actual fact, I have been a news addict since Aug 12. We all have witnessed a huge event in the last weeks and I assure you it'll change the whole world forever.
I think, what happened wasn't even close to a war because the wars have just started!
Our enemy was and is still very, very good at what they did and do, very manipulative, very smart. Nevertheless, the most well-trained and well-armed army was defeated by Lebanese endurance. Yet, this victory left an overwhelming impact on their unity.
It is really shameful the way some people behaved after this long stage to victory. Regarding the other leaders' speeches, we have to excuse them because their speeches were a normal behavior and in particular a frustrated urge to participate.
At the beginning the Lebanese were on the same page but now they lost that page and tripped which is a bad sign for something more destructive. Now it's our turn to remind them that they have defeated an army that is considered the fourth strongest in the world. It's time for them to know that it is good that they won but what is really excellent and extremely important is to eternally remember that victory.
This enemy is really ready, quick and eager to seize any tiny chance to conduct a crime against humanity.
Especially now, after the agony they faced that led them to come up with rubbish excuses for their defeat, we have to be more aware of all their steps.
We must be very careful. Studying their movements, learning their techniques, reading more about them that's what we should be doing.
Nothing comes in one night, the first step along the road requires our awareness and willingness. Surely, we as an Arab nation can't set ourselves free, because we are lacking certain elements to achieve that.
Therefore, we need to format ourselves!
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