Baroud Ends his Duties as Caretaker Minister: An Acting Minister Can Carry Out this Mission

MR BAROUD:THESE ARE THE FIRST RESULTS COMING FROM BILAD EL SHAM,STATU QUO IS ENDING
LONG LIVE BILAD EL ARZ

What a disgrace...shape up or shape out...can't handle the criticism or rather the truth.

There goes the true working minister for the peoples, of the peoples of Lebanon. this is a lost for the land of the ceaders

Baroud orders the ISF to evacuate the building of the Ministry of Telecommunications immediately. When Rifi refused his superior's orders, Baroud ended his duties. Plain and simple. The president of the republic is either incapable of supporting his minister or is involved and approves what is going on. This is the kind of country that we live in. LONG LIVE BILAD AL MAFIA WAL FASAD.

Mr. Baroud I like you but you should have to courage to say that the Aounist are the trouble makers and Amal & Hizb are hijacking the state of Lebanon.

It is better for Baroud to stay out of any cabinet formed by M8 or M14. They have both failed Lebanon miserably. Instead of being the shining star on the hill illuminating the path of Arab youth, we have become a laughing stock mired in hatred and destructive impulses. M14 transformed the universal principles of freedom, justice, democracy and independence of the Cedar Revolution into sectarian hateful slogans lacking any vision for Lebanon future or how to modernize our institutions to achieve a transparent democracy. M8 actions selling Lebanon to the region's tyrants are actions of Grand Treason. Nassrallah and Berri area black spots harming our great Shia community. Hizbollah has been created, funded, indoctrinated and armed by Iranian radicals. It is simply an occupation army and a poison to freedom and democracy. Aoun has the same inflated ego, mental instability and destructive inclinations of Khadafi. But patience! Cedar Revolution II is coming in 2013. We’ll need you then!

What a loss to the country, I really liked the changes Baroud was responsible for and the law abiding attitude he carried (within his limits). This guy was the best thing lebanon had going for them; he was self made, not corrupt, properly educated and needn't a family member to put him in power. If Lebanon was left to him we would be generations ahead, both socially and economically.

Irony of the day: The good guy is out and the scum bags are still in. Congrats to all of us

He's doing the right thing! As a Minister, he gave orders for the ISF to withdraw which did not happen probably because the ISF takes orders from a gang and not the Minister himself.

Well done Minister Baroud. These people definitely don't deserve the services of a dedicated man like yourself. Sadly enough, they prefer life in the form of a farm.

God bless you broud

what a shame, he has the decency to resign while the thugs remain in power.

Lebanon is not much better than the most under-developed countries on Earth. I have traveled the globe and I tell you with full confidence that we are as 3rd world as you can go. It sickens me to see that we Lebanese, who are involved in the development of many countries around the world, and we Lebanese, who have some of the most intellectual people contributing to mankind (to name a few: Charles Malik – drafted the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Carlos Slim Helu – Richest man in the world, Carlos Ghosn – CEO Renault / Nissan, Elie Saab – who is one of the most sought after designers in the world, and many others who are dispersed and spread all over the globe that do not appear on headlines: From Vice Presidents, to engineers, to ministers, etc…), prefer to be more loyal to their religion and/or political parties than their own country…

We cannot deal with the smallest of Lebanon’s problems without having political interference due to personal interests by the heads of the parties.

It is a shame that some one like Baroud had to resign. He is the ONLY patriot that has come to office in a very long time. He has so much potential, yet, he was only able to perform tasks “allowed” to him by the political authorities.
Everyone else in Lebanon, all of them (from Hariri to Nasrallah, from Aoun to Geagea), are all pursuing personal interests.
No one cares about “Libnen awalan” (Lebanon First). They all care about their pockets / their weapons / their power / their pride…all this while Lebanon is going down the dumps.

Gas prices are through the roof and continue to rise… We still haven’t been able to solve our electricity problem (some African countries already have 24/7 power)… We have unsustainable price levels for a country that lives on a minimum wage of ~300$… We have the most corrupt governmental institutions in the world, where by tipping some one 20$ will get you what you need… We have mafia-like ways of recruiting where a person is hired (or fired) based on his religion or political interests… We have no proper public transportation (which would bring the government added income, reduce the horrible traffic on the streets, and provide a convenient means for students, tourists, employees, etc…) … The police are afraid of punishing law-breakers on the grounds that these people might have a “wasta”… In what normal country in the world are the police the ones to be afraid of the people???

Don’t forget poverty, pollution, illegal real estate, the old-rent system, privatization of the coast for beach resorts, money laundering, etc etc etc…

The list can go on forever and ever.

Simply put, we have nothing going right in Lebanon... Nothing… And this obviously affects the residing population. A survey was done some years back (2007), and it found Lebanon to have the 6th most depressed population in the world.

We are the highest per-capita users of anti-stress drugs in the world.

Forget the statistics. Just look around while driving through traffic. Notice how everyone honks, pushes, and swears at each other on the roads. Lebanese are sitting on a bag of nerves that is eventually going to explode one day unfortunately.

The only thing that can save our country from going-over board is a government that is patriotic before it is political. To make this happen, we need to bring an end to our “tribe like” mentality. A mentality Thomas Friedman portrayed excellently in his book “From Beirut to Jerusalem”.

We had hope in Baroud… He was a patriot who belonged to no tribe; only to Lebanon. Unfortunately the political sides handicapped him, and with that we know Lebanon has no more hope.

I leave you with the below quote written about Lebanon, which is extracted from a book published in 1870 called “The Land and the Book”… after 150 years, we have not evolved:

“They can never form one united people, never combine for any important religious or political purpose ; and will therefore remain weak, incapable of self-government, and exposed to the invasions and oppressions of foreigners. Thus it has been, is now, and must long continue to be a people divided, meted out, and trodden down.”