The Lebanese Saddam Statue Fell

If one is to look for the Lebanese Symbolic equivalent of the Statue of Saddam Hussein, one should look no further than the Syrian head control post in Anjar.

With the news today of that outpost being evacuated, the Lebanese can finally breathe: our own Saddam statue has fallen.

A symbol of oppression, fear, Humiliation and heavy handedness, Anjar has always sparked fear in the most sober of the Lebanese. It is there where Lebanese politicians were given orders, it is there where Lebanese were being bullied (rumors have spread that Rustom Ghazeleh has literally twisted Hariri’s arm and broke it in Anjar.
Hariri had said that he’d rather have his arm broken than sign an extension for Lahhoud), it is there where numerous people were tortured…

One day, the Lebanese will start working hand in hand to build a better future. When they feel a lack of motivation, all they have to do is to remember the specter of Anjar.