By General Monzer El Ayoubi*
Translation: Dr Pierre A. Sarkis
It is no longer necessary to describe the shameful scene, as the media and social media are now responsible for presenting the folklore of government meetings and parliamentary committees, as well as, those assigned with developing or renewing futile plans in content or in implementation, coinciding with governmental political noise related to appointments, or renewal of mandates, in addition to, the confirmation of holding elections as a course for passing the time, not more…
As a follow-up, on a guillotined dollar sharpening its blade by the Central Bank’s circulars, a stranglehold in the hands of banks holding up people’s lifetime savings, the country lives a state of fragmentation, with parts hard to bring together heading towards a deadly vacuum, in the shadow of outrageous prices synonymous with criminal monopoly, smuggling or hiding basic goods, loss of electricity and fuel and other crimes…
Next, the burst of joy for several years was nothing but a mirage, a willful trick that left the treasury wide open until it was emptied, as the black thread shows a grim bankruptcy after October 17, 2019, by then it was too late. People commented on the guillotine of worries, as theft was not entirely impossible, from loafs of bread to smiles. In stupidity is the worsening fate of indifference, a random mess that runs the country, a lack of wisdom, ruling with foresight or a lack of, without any strategies or visions for the future. Even the fortune-teller refrained from telling the fortunes and hit the cowrie shells.
The people are vertically divided regardless of the horizontally divided regional geography, against the background of a ridiculous sectarian and confessional affiliation, holding on to outdated ideologies, dependence on leaders from the inheritance or allegiance types. Betting on a nearby election is a risky bet on a limp horse that will not reach the finish line; the race is raging between local political obstruction and regional events or wars that renew hegemony or impose supplication. On the other hand, with rounded corners is a departure from engineering sciences, as adverse, even the maritime demarcation lines began to bend, a kind of mysterious philosophy without rules or origins, manipulation on an arc of settlements or alliances that includes some intentional conspiracy or containment of artificial flirtation. Administrations with very diverse specializations and agencies with varying capabilities are implementing the policies of its political references, even subjected to them. As for the judicial system, there are those who go along with, some barter, and few, rule by law starting from its oath and duty.
Everyone is worried; a state of psychological, physiological unhappy feeling, a kind of uneasiness accompany fear with hesitation, motivation, loss, and fragmentation. Isn’t it time for this mix to effectively pass a dangerous phase in a course? A misguided stumble in decisions because of rapid changes caused by the difference in realities, not leading to more than a theoretical commitment, even imaginary of reforms, while promoting plans that bear the beautiful description of “recovery” while the homeland awaits the sackcloth of the coffin.
In the absence of a distinction for the unity of tragedies, you have Tripoli, the bride of the revolution where divorce is obvious after a crime of treason, left nude with torn clothes by the political oligarchy, its nakedness showing, stole the “dowry” which is basically a punishment common for kidnapping and raping unmarried women, then stole the deferred compensation. There is reliance on the immorality of lust for power and money, in the absence of death after sins.
As Imam Ali (peace be on him) stated: “how many oblivious people weave a dress to wear, but it becomes his coffin, and builds a house to inhabit, but it is the location of his grave.” Will anyone draw lessons?
*Scholar in Security and Strategic Affairs
Tripoli, 17/03/2022
