Captain Samer Hanna, a Lebanese Army pilot killed at Tallet Sojod by members of Hezbollah on Aug. 28, 2008. Photo taken from social media.
Political memory is sometimes a matter of circumstance. Gebran Bassil has spent two years distancing himself from Hezbollah, multiplying his criticisms of his former ally and trying to settle the heavy legacy of the Mar Mikhael memorandum of understanding. It took only the first real standoff with Nawaf Salam for that distance to suddenly seem much shorter.The ground for this reunion is even more delicious: the defense of the Lebanese Army. All that was missing was a pretext. Michel Menassa provided it. The defense minister wanted to address Parliament to lay out the army's reservations about the general amnesty law. The prime minister objected. Not because the military institution had no right to an opinion — it had already expressed one before the parliamentary committees — but because a minister cannot bring before the Chamber a...
Political memory is sometimes a matter of circumstance. Gebran Bassil has spent two years distancing himself from Hezbollah, multiplying his criticisms of his former ally and trying to settle the heavy legacy of the Mar Mikhael memorandum of understanding. It took only the first real standoff with Nawaf Salam for that distance to suddenly seem much shorter.The ground for this reunion is even more delicious: the defense of the Lebanese Army. All that was missing was a pretext. Michel Menassa provided it. The defense minister wanted to address Parliament to lay out the army's reservations about the general amnesty law. The prime minister objected. Not because the military institution had no right to an opinion — it had already expressed one before the parliamentary committees — but because a minister cannot bring before the Chamber...
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