π― π― SALEH EL MACHNOUK
π»π΄π±π°π½πΎπ½ πΏπ°πΈ
π³ ππ·οΏ½οΏ½ πΏππΈπ²π΄
#Lebanon was not an observer in these conflicts. It was c
onsumed by them. The #PLO did not arrive in Lebanon as a symbol. It arrived as a force. After
being expelled from #Jordan following Black September, it relocated to Lebanon and established what no sovereign country can accept: a state within a state. Armed, autonomous, and operating beyond Lebanese authority, it transformed our land into a battlefield.
ππ·πΈπ ππ°π π½πΎπ ππ΄ππΈπππ°π½π²π΄. ππ·πΈπ ππ°π π»πΎππ πΎπ΅ ππΎπ
π΄ππ΄πΈπΆπ½ππ.
It dragged Lebanon into wars it did not choose. It fractured a fragile state. And it did so without accountability to the Lebanese people. It took sides in a civil war and promo
ted chaos to divide and conquer.
Then ca
me the next chapter. The #IRGC embedded itself through its proxy #Hezbollah, constructing another parallel authority: military, political, and strategic. Once again, decisions of war and peace were no longer national decisions. Once again, Lebanon became a platform.
π»π΄π±π°π½πΎπ½ ππ°π π½πΎπ π° π²π°πππ΄. πΈπ ππ°π π° π±π°πππ»π΄π΅πΈπ΄π»π³.π½πΎ πΎπ½π΄ π³π°πΌπ°πΆπ΄π³ π»π΄π±π°π½πΎπ½ π»πΈπΊπ΄ ππ·πΈπ.
There is one reality that no amount of ideological packaging can erase. No external army, no regional conflict, no historical grievance has systematically hollowed out the
Lebanese state the way the IRGC and its proxy Hezbollah have over the past decades.
This was not accidental. It was structural. #Sovereignty was not weakened it was hijacked. The monopoly of force was removed from the state. War and peace ceased to be national decisions.
Free speech was not challenged it was suffocated with lethal for
ce.
Political opposition was not debated it was silenced with murder.
The judiciary was not respected it was obstructed, as the #Beirut port investigation still painfully shows.
The economy was not simply mismanaged it was captured, corrupted, and ultimately collapsed. And when it collapsed, it wiped out the savings and dignity of an entire population.
And in that vacuum, something darker took root. Lebanon was not only weakened it was repurposed. A country once known for openness and enterprise was dragged into narcotics production and money laundering networks that serve anything but the Lebanese national interest.
This is not rhetoric. This is lived reality.
ππ·πΈπ ππ°π π½πΎπ πΈπ½π΅π»ππ΄π½π²π΄. ππ·πΈπ ππ°π π³πΎπΌπΈπ½π°ππΈπΎπ½.
π΄π½π³π»π΄ππ ππ΄ππΈπππ°π½π²π΄ = π΄π½π³π»π΄ππ π³π΄πππππ²ππΈπΎπ½
There is another truth that rarely gets airtime. The Palestinian cause was not only s
haped by external forces. It was
also shaped by in
ternal decisions. Leadership
within the PLO was not immune to corruption, fragmentation, and miscalculation. Opportunitie
s arose and were not taken. #UN Resolution 181 was rejected. #Oslo collapsed. #Cam
p_David 2000 ended with #Arafat turning his back.
History moved forward anyway. Others made different choices. Anwar #Sadat chose pragmatism. He made peace, recovered land, and secured the future of #Egypt.
πΏππ°πΆπΌπ°ππΈππΌ πΈπ π½πΎπ πππ΄π°ππΎπ½.
Lebanon, by contrast, was trapped in conflicts that served others far more than they served it.
So when we are told how to interpret our reality, when we are asked to adopt frameworks that erase our experience and romanticize our suffering, the answer is simple. We refuse.
