From the invasion of Ashrafieh to the bombing of displacement of Al Qaa’: Geagea: you are not targeted, do not be afraid …. They are our allies

Written by Nasser Kandil,

The morning bombings of Al Qaa do not give enough time to the Head of the Lebanese Forces Party to say viable speech, just as happened with him on the day of the invasion of Ashrafieh on the fifth of February 2006, because during hours of his speech to the residents of Al Ashrafieh  on that day not to be afraid of the Salafi invasion  which has stormed the streets of Ashrafieh under the slogan of going to the Danish Embassy and directing condemnation messages to the offensive leaflets for the Prophet Mohammed, there were who said at that time to the residents of Ashrafieth that they are allies that can be trusted, so there is no justification to listen to the calls of the fear from their movements, they burned cars, entered the churches, broke the glass, and spread the panic in the houses. Yesterday Geagea was barely ended his speech about that the Christians were not targeted by ISIS organization and its processes especially Al Qaa town which Geagea addressed to reassure its residents that they were not targeted, and that the coincidence of passing of ISIS’s suicide bombers by their town does not mean targeting it, till the evening came and there were new suicide bombers from ISIS have raided the church of the town and its arena and bombed themselves announcing the war on Al Qaa in a clear message its content was the call to depart under the penalty of more bombings. Geagea screamed do not be afraid, you are not targeted, because he wanted the final phrase that Hezbollah does not protect the Christians as was his main concern on the day of the invasion of Ashrafieh to say a final sentence that preceded the meeting of the General Michael Aoun and Al Sayyed Hassan Nasrollah that we are not in a need of the alliance with Hezbollah.

According to ISIS and Geagea Al Qaa and its Christians summarize the dealing with the Christian presence in the East. According to ISIS this presence was an addition that has not any justification, thus it must be terminated to pave the way for the sectarian war, this presence is a source of chaos in the western media that disturbs the war which is waged by the organization of ISIS , as well as the Christians of Al Qaa are a geographic obstacle that must be removed by the bombing, in preparation for the displacement to affect the Bekaa, after the siege became impenetrable on the militants of ISIS in the barrens without water and under hotness and  dryness where neither the humans nor the predators which started to leave the barrens can bear. As for Geagea the Christians of the East are not an issue, but only insofar what they provide the opportunity to undermine Hezbollah, Geagea adopts the nomination of the General Michal Aoun under the title of the Christian unity and respecting the Christian vote but he seeks to embarrass Hezbollah, by saying we nominated the General Aoun, so why do not you go the parliament to elect him if you really support him, he considers the Christians of Al Qaa are mere a mean to undermine Hezbollah. therefore Geagea and  ISIS are similar to Israel which looks at the Christian equation in the East with the same consideration, to get rid of Hezbollah, if Israel is fighting according to its interest as well as ISIS, so how can a Christian leader who said that the security of Al Qaa’s Christians is above all make them the immolations of the killers’ feasts to undermine an opponent with whom the Christians have no problem, on the contrary they see it as an honest ally that does not ask a cost for a principled position, it sees Lebanon with its Christians an additive value in this East which it is worth shedding blood defending for it.

It is clear that ISIS as Geagea in a trouble, they are searching for a mirage towards a cheap suicide, the processes of ISIS prove militarily that the organization is in its worst condition to run a risk by its suicide bombers since they are usually elite fighters, six of them were killed versus five citizens, not achieving any military or political goal. The declaration of Geagea has become a political suicide as the evening bombings which proved that Al Qaa is targeted in itself specially because it is Christian, contrary to what Geagea who is supposed that he is the owner of the Christian Security project has said, furthermore the bombings said what the notables of Al Qaa said; the need for a prompt meeting that includes the General Michael Aoun and Al Sayyed Hassan Nasrollah, as they met after the invasion of Ashrafieh in a message of the common fate which is still presenting an example of a relation that has a degree of sophistication and credibility that provides the political and the national life with a force that it found in the war on Israel as in the war on terrorism.

Translated by Lina Shehadeh,