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    Khalil Mazraawi/Pool via REUTERS | Mohamed Azakir
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    French Foreign Minister Just Compared Lebanon To The Sinking Titanic

    By Souad LazkaniDecember 14, 2020Updated:May 6, 2021
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    Speaking to the French daily newspaper Le Figaro, France‘s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Lebanon’s collapse resembled the Titanic, the once illustrious ship that drowned into the abyss in an inescapable tragedy.

    “Lebanon is the Titanic without the orchestra. The Lebanese are in complete denial as they sink, and there isn’t even the music,” he said, in a quote that will be remembered throughout history.

    This is in reference to how the musicians aboard the Titanic famously kept playing until the last minute giving their lives to the music before going down.

    A drawing of Lebanon as the Titanic from 2007 by Shirin.

    Except there isn’t music as Lebanon collapses, other than the muted sound of the people in pain and the silenced echo of their protests.

    There is only crisis after crisis and politicians selfishly delaying reforms, purposely ignoring that the country is sinking as long as their seats at the captain table are preserved.

    French President Emmanuel Macron has offered a helping hand to Lebanon, which capital was once dubbed as Paris of the Middle East. Reports are that Macron’s patience with the Lebanese politicians and their games is wearing thin.

    These pessimistic undertones come ahead of Macron‘s scheduled visit to Lebanon, fast approaching, to meet with its leaders for a solution to the catastrophe that is the Lebanese government.

    We’ve been saying this in #Lebanon for over a year now, except that Mr Le Drian & his boss, @EmmanuelMacron, want to offer the crew that stubbornly drove the Titanic into the iceberg a lifeboat and leave the passengers to drown in the misery the crew had originally created. https://t.co/jZElOk1MuV

    — Bachar EL-Halabi | بشار الحلبي (@Bacharelhalabi) December 13, 2020

    The French President is due to drop down in Beirut shortly before Christmas to personally see to the Lebanon issue.

    Although, it’s worth noting that his previous visits have not been a success. The ruling politicians insist on their self-serving stances that are driving the country to more misery.

    In fact, after PM-designate Saad Hariri finally presented his long-awaited cabinet lineup that would be in line with the French initiative, Lebanon’s president gave him a counter-proposal.

    Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS

    Hariri’s Future Movement bloc has not held back in pointing accusations at President Aoun for obstructing the government formation on behalf of his son-in-law, Gebran Bassil, who is sanctioned by the United States.

    Emmanuel Macron France Future Movement Gebran Bassil Jean-Yves Le Drian Michel Aoun Saad Hariri United States
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