Instead of hiding and feeling ashamed for obstructing all solutions and hindering any "breath of life" in Lebanon, some in this country insist on talking about how the world is "burning" to extract oil and gas from Lebanon to meet Europe's needs. This is rather than stopping the mockery of people and focusing on everything that could potentially lift the siege on us.
Europe indeed needs alternative energy sources to Russian ones, and this is true. However, European countries need these alternatives now, or perhaps within the coming weeks and months, not to purchase fish in the sea that might be obtainable after five, seven, or even ten years.
The only truth is that no one cares about us in this world, except for some basic formalities that prevent Lebanon's complete demise. If we witness the movement of foreign diplomats in our country, it does not confirm that we are "alive," but rather, it may indicate the opposite. A patient attracts movement around him, as does a dead person, and we are reminded that the house of the latter is crowded with mourners since the time of announcing his death.
The primary fear is that diplomatic and foreign movements in our country are part of the previously mentioned orbit, and not part of preparations for new eras and a bright future.
The bitter truth is that we have lost all our roles—financial, educational, health-related... both historical and those that were possible in the future. The painful reality is that we have turned into a people in a country without a role, adding zero value, waiting for fuel prices, securing water, electricity, flour, wheat, bread, and medicine... amid one "crisis meter" after another.
A political source commented on the latest Lebanese developments, stating that "despite the daily pessimism that grips the Lebanese, there is still time for Lebanon to find its role among the countries of the world again." He emphasized in a conversation with the "Akhbar al-Yawm" agency that "the world is dynamic, and the political and international relations are active as well. What remains constant is this ongoing motion, which leads to change."
The source pointed out that "we possess many characteristics and features in Lebanon that we can offer to the region and to develop various Middle Eastern countries, despite all that we are in." He added, "Lebanon has not lost its characteristics, but it suffers from the reality that it is currently hijacked and held hostage to Iran. However, once Lebanon is freed from Tehran's grip, we will be able to regain our characteristics and components, and return to the standards that the region and the entire global system need as well, and this is not an exaggeration."
He concluded: "For this reason, we see a constant solidarity and international and Arab concern toward Lebanon, with repeated calls to save the Lebanese people from Iran's practices."
