I was thinking of all what’s happening in Lebanon now, and trying to figure out when all this started. The late Rafik Hariri resigned on 20 October 2004 and was assassinated on 14 February 2005, till now I do not understand what happened and why, but no doubt it was a turning point for Lebanon. This resulted in ending the Syrian military presence in Lebanon by withdrawing its forces and ceasing intervening in internal Lebanese politics (which is still debateable) due to the Lebanese request and foreign pressure for implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 (September 2, 2004).
 

The resolution also called on all Lebanese militias, mainly Hezbollah, to disband. Of course this did not happen. The Lebanese government responded by saying:
“The national resistance which is confronting the Israeli occupation is not a guerrilla and it has no security role inside the country and its activities are restricted to facing the Israeli enemy. This resistance led to the withdrawal of the enemy from the bigger part of our occupied land and is still persistent to free the farms of Shebaa. Preserving this resistance constitutes a Lebanese strategic interest with the aim of relating the struggle with the enemy and regain all the Lebanese legitimate rights achieving and at the forefront the withdrawal of Israel from the farms of Shebaa and the return of the refugees to their land.”
 

Then came this war, which god knows how many people it will kill and what results it would impose. It might be that all these events are linked, starting from the UN resolution till now. I am thinking of many conspiracy theories, starting from the assassination of the late Rafik Hariri ending with the possible result of this war. Who really wants a Lebanon without resistance?