I haven't had a chance to read the book "The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs" by American historian and London School of Economics professor, Marc David
(See Translation in Arabic Section)
We cannot be dependent and demand that the world treat us as independent. We deplore the interference by countries in our crisis with the intent of addressing it but we do not deplore the intervention by other countries in igniting our crises.
Were it not for the countries that invaded Lebanon, other would not have allowed themselves to deal with our affairs to save us. The former intervened against our will and the latter at our insistence.
In Lebanon, whoever carries the axe to cut off any hand that extends assistance, as if the goal of these people is to kill Greater Lebanon, wants to transfer Lebanon from pluralism in unity to pluralism in unity.