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The Lebanese people often complain about advice from ambassadors and dictates from international financial organizations. They believe that the outside world is paving their road and setting their goals for them. They are annoyed that their country is being treated like a minor; that the world has no faith in its ability to get itself out of the abyss. The abundance of doctors and treatments often deepen the patient’s confusion.
There can be no arguing that the Lebanese people, like all other peoples, have the right to address their present and shape their future. However, reclaiming this right cannot be achieved simply by reminding people of the obvious. Hegemonies begin when countries start to break apart under the weight of divisions and interventions. The Lebanese divisions are old and so are the interventions.
The most dangerous thing that can happen to a country is the loss of its ability to take a decision. A lack of this ability depletes what remains of the fortifications that should be available to a sovereign and independent nation. The problem is compounded when the country is surrounded by wars and conflicts that are beyond its ability to either join or distance itself from. And so, the country becomes captive both on the inside and before the outside world.
