DEMOCRACY DAWNING IN LEBANON
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
UPI headlines read: "New Lebanon Government Sees the Light."
What light? The light of democracy dawning. First the night, then the dawn.
Gradually, governmental leaders are realizing that citizenry demands free elections, a democracy base and genuine liberties for all. No doubt New Iraq’s democracy dawn has prodded heretofore controlling governments to open the windows to a new day. It could be that the freedom spread in Afghanistan has awakened powers-that-be to share the powers with the people. As Egyptian politic promises autumn open elections, so now Lebanon promises open elections.
Now we see the dawning in Lebanon. Lebanese Prime Minister designate Najib Mikati informed media today that "general elections (are set for) May." Mikati pronounced a 14-member cabinet to see through detail for democracy’s light start.
Former Premier Omar Karami’s hold on governmental power shut down. It was after the February 14 murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. With those crises, the Lebanese grassroots rose to voice demands for freedoms realized, democracy come-upon and the freedom spread within their borders as it has come to others.
Most of the present appointed governmental ministers under the new regime are "neutral with no specific political affiliations."
The UN resolution 1559 regarding Lebanon states that "free and transparent general elections" must be set in place. That resolution shoved Syrian militia out of Lebanon. Its intelligence personnel also were forced to vacate. It is reported that all of that Syrian grip will leave by the close of this month.
Was it not just a little over two years ago that Operation Iraqi Freedom won a three-week-win victory, sending Saddam Hussein to his cell and eventually putting in his place the National Assembly, the latter following the historic January 30 Victory Vote?
Was it not the US President George W. Bush who delivered speech after speech in favor of democracy’s dawn? Did he not encourage despots to give up their thrones in favor of the people ruling for themselves? Did not the Bush administration take the lead in the present-tense liberty evangelism?
And for that was not the President castigated daily by America’s liberal press, the Democratic Party and lethargic so-called heads of state in Europe, Germany, Russia and France taking the lead? Yet did not Mr. Bush remain firm in his convictions that democracies could dawn wherever the people finally forced them to light the skies?
Consequently, Lebanon is one of the dawning lights beginning to guarantee human beings the right the oversee their own nation’s future.
Thank you, Mr. Bush.
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UPI headlines read: "New Lebanon Government Sees the Light."
What light? The light of democracy dawning. First the night, then the dawn.
Gradually, governmental leaders are realizing that citizenry demands free elections, a democracy base and genuine liberties for all. No doubt New Iraq’s democracy dawn has prodded heretofore controlling governments to open the windows to a new day. It could be that the freedom spread in Afghanistan has awakened powers-that-be to share the powers with the people. As Egyptian politic promises autumn open elections, so now Lebanon promises open elections.
Now we see the dawning in Lebanon. Lebanese Prime Minister designate Najib Mikati informed media today that "general elections (are set for) May." Mikati pronounced a 14-member cabinet to see through detail for democracy’s light start.
Former Premier Omar Karami’s hold on governmental power shut down. It was after the February 14 murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. With those crises, the Lebanese grassroots rose to voice demands for freedoms realized, democracy come-upon and the freedom spread within their borders as it has come to others.
Most of the present appointed governmental ministers under the new regime are "neutral with no specific political affiliations."
The UN resolution 1559 regarding Lebanon states that "free and transparent general elections" must be set in place. That resolution shoved Syrian militia out of Lebanon. Its intelligence personnel also were forced to vacate. It is reported that all of that Syrian grip will leave by the close of this month.
Was it not just a little over two years ago that Operation Iraqi Freedom won a three-week-win victory, sending Saddam Hussein to his cell and eventually putting in his place the National Assembly, the latter following the historic January 30 Victory Vote?
Was it not the US President George W. Bush who delivered speech after speech in favor of democracy’s dawn? Did he not encourage despots to give up their thrones in favor of the people ruling for themselves? Did not the Bush administration take the lead in the present-tense liberty evangelism?
And for that was not the President castigated daily by America’s liberal press, the Democratic Party and lethargic so-called heads of state in Europe, Germany, Russia and France taking the lead? Yet did not Mr. Bush remain firm in his convictions that democracies could dawn wherever the people finally forced them to light the skies?
Consequently, Lebanon is one of the dawning lights beginning to guarantee human beings the right the oversee their own nation’s future.
Thank you, Mr. Bush.
For more: http://conservativeposts.us/ <http://conservativeposts.us/>
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