Redirecting Lebanon’s Compass Precedes the Govt and Initiatives

Redirecting Lebanon’s Compass Precedes the Govt and Initiatives

Will Saad Hariri’s stepping down from forming a Lebanese government nine months after being designated exacerbate the Lebanese crisis further, or will it have no effect? If he had been able to form a new government, would it have been anything more than a dose of oxygen that prolongs Lebanon’s decline as it awaits regional developments, most of which are hypothetical?

In truth, it is difficult to believe that the formation of a government is the remedy for what Lebanon is going through and the state it finds itself in on all levels. It is also difficult to believe that central regional and international states that enjoy cordial relations with Lebanon, like France, the United States, Britain, Egypt and others in the region, are convinced of this and that they are genuinely striving to resolve the crisis at the roots, not just “treating wounds.” It is also difficult to believe in the “extraordinary” ability to obstruct and confront these countries’ initiatives after they were dropped on the authorities in Lebanon.