At the core issue on which practically all Lebanese demonstrators concur: It is that the cast-iron sectarian 'cage', is the root cause to the institutionalised, semi-hereditary corruption and mal-governance that has infected Lebanon.
Of course, being Lebanon, one tribe will always be keener for one, rather than another, sectarian leader to be cast as villain to the piece.
The Shi'i - the largest minority in Lebanon - were always given the smallest slice of the national cake, under the sectarian divide.
Lebanon used to have real exports - agricultural produce exported to Syria and Iraq, but that avenue was closed by the war in Syria.
Inward remittances from the 8 - 9 million Lebanese living overseas was one key part - and dollar deposits arriving in Lebanon's once 'safe-haven' banking system was the other.
Which brings us back to that other key point made by Moussa, namely, that the Iraqi disturbances are, in his view, "a preparatory stage for them to choose their way as Iraqis and that will reflect on Lebanon too".
In the longer term, Lebanon could participate in the trade and 'energy corridor' plans that Russia and China have in mind for the norther tier of the Middle East and Turkey.
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/11/18/is-the-middle-east-beginning-a-self-correction/
Of course, being Lebanon, one tribe will always be keener for one, rather than another, sectarian leader to be cast as villain to the piece.
The Shi'i - the largest minority in Lebanon - were always given the smallest slice of the national cake, under the sectarian divide.
Lebanon used to have real exports - agricultural produce exported to Syria and Iraq, but that avenue was closed by the war in Syria.
Inward remittances from the 8 - 9 million Lebanese living overseas was one key part - and dollar deposits arriving in Lebanon's once 'safe-haven' banking system was the other.
Which brings us back to that other key point made by Moussa, namely, that the Iraqi disturbances are, in his view, "a preparatory stage for them to choose their way as Iraqis and that will reflect on Lebanon too".
In the longer term, Lebanon could participate in the trade and 'energy corridor' plans that Russia and China have in mind for the norther tier of the Middle East and Turkey.
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/11/18/is-the-middle-east-beginning-a-self-correction/
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