tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25600477.post115436076602215638..comments2023-04-02T14:24:25.812+01:00Comments on WHERE DATE PALMS GROW: Hammra street, BeirutZappy Corleonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485226977082575543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25600477.post-1154751568433029992006-08-05T05:19:00.000+01:002006-08-05T05:19:00.000+01:00Beirut and Baghdad will both be restored ... how q...Beirut and Baghdad will both be restored ... how quickly that can be done is simple ...<BR/><BR/>The problem is the same ...<BR/>A decent representative government<BR/>is in place in both countries ...<BR/>But instead of backing these governments totally and giving the brand new system say ten years<BR/>to improve the lives of its citizens ... the militias maintain<BR/>a separate identity ...<BR/><BR/>All Hezbolla had to do is in a parliamentary session have their<BR/>representatives bring up the issue<BR/>of Lebanese prisoners in Israeli<BR/>jails ... debate it openly ...<BR/>and have Lebanese representative<BR/>meet with Israelis to come up with a plane to build toward a full and lasting peace and prisoner release,<BR/><BR/>Had the Israelis seen Hezbolla positions pull back say half way from where the UN resolution called<BR/>for ... perhaps they may have let<BR/>Half the prisoners go ...<BR/><BR/>But Hezbolla wants to force concessions from the Israelis without concedeing anything ...<BR/>They wanted to swap prisoners after<BR/><BR/>1) Killing 8 Israeli soldiers<BR/>2) using six years to smuggle in Rockets and fortify positions <BR/><BR/>Hezbolla/Lebanon Had an oppourtunity to cut deals with the Israelis in order to get prisoners released without any deaths or destruction ... Hezbolla acted independently and now the destruction on both sides is huge.<BR/><BR/>The same goes for Iraqi part of insurgency ... Maliki can be bargained with ... build brand new<BR/>local police forces in Anbar ...<BR/>allow engineers and construction workers to travel freely without harm and work on reconstruction projects ... alow a mixture<BR/>of American and Iraqi forces to patrol highways and bridges ...<BR/>cooperate at checkpoints etc ...<BR/>and after six months of cooperation with the Maliki government the Americans could leave Anbar ... <BR/><BR/>Fastest way for Beirut and Iraq<BR/>to rebuild is for all citizens to work fully with the new governments<BR/>even now Hezbolla speaks independently of Lebanese government ... Thats the main problem ... Thats the cause of the latest violenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25600477.post-1154372805834682792006-07-31T20:06:00.000+01:002006-07-31T20:06:00.000+01:00Zappy:Enjoyed you descriptions of a peaceful time ...Zappy:<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed you descriptions of a peaceful time in Beirut. Will it come again, we can only hope so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com