Goddamn Saudis

Imagine this happening to a whole prime minister of a foreign country. Sasa wewe mkulima wa mapato ya chini, kwanza nyeuthi, unaenda huko kutafuta kazi kama house maid, ni nini hizi mbwa hazitakufanyia?

On 4 November 2017, in a televised statement from Saudi Arabia, Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri tendered his resignation from office, citing Iran’s and Hezbollah’s political over-extension in the Middle East region and fears of assassination. Iran vehemently rejected Saad Hariri’s remarks and called his resignation part of a plot by the United States, Israel, and Saudi Arabia to heighten Middle Eastern tensions.[8] The Lebanese Army responded with a statement that its investigations had not revealed “the presence of any plan for assassinations in the country.”[9]

[I]On 21 November, Hariri declared in Beirut that he had suspended his resignation. He stated that President Aoun had asked him to “put it on hold ahead of further consultations.”[10] He refused to talk about what happened in Saudi Arabia and claimed that events will remain undisclosed.[11] On 5 December he withdrew his resignation, in a speech in which he emphasized Lebanon’s neutrality in all regional conflicts.

[SIZE=5]Kidnapping and hostage accusations[edit][/SIZE]
Upon Hariri’s abrupt resignation from Saudi Arabia, Lebanese President Michel Aoun is reported as having told foreign ambassadors that Hariri has been kidnapped by Saudi Arabia.[13] Pointing to his twelve-day stay in Saudi Arabia after his resignation, Aoun said that he considers Hariri to be detained by Saudi Arabia.
According to journalist Robert Fisk, Hariri could not have resigned on his own, as he had already scheduled visits with International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for the following Monday.[15] Moreover, Hariri had also arrived in Saudi Arabia on 4 November wearing casual dress, because he expected to go camping in the desert with Mohammad bin Salman.[16]
Robert Fisk adds that when Hariri’s airplane landed in Riyadh’s airport, he saw himself surrounded by police forces, who confiscated his cellphone and those of his bodyguards.[15] According to an American official cited by the New Yorker, Hariri was then kept in Saudi custody for eleven hours, put in a chair with Saudi officials repeatedly slapping him. The treatment has been provoked by Saudi’s disappointment with Hariri due to his failure to confront Hezbullah in Lebanon. A senior American official in the Middle-East is quoted as saying that the plot was “the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.”[17] The entire fiasco was believed to be part of Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman’s extreme measures to curb Iran’s influence in the region.[/I]

Several Lebanese commentators poked fun at the released pictures of Hariri in Saudi Arabia for their apparent similarity to those taken of hostages. The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, declared “the resignation of Hariri illegal and invalid.” In November, it was announced that Hariri was on his way from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates. Hariri’s own party’s media outlet reported that he would then move on to Bahrain and later back to Beirut, but both of these trips were subsequently cancelled and he was sent back to Riyadh.[18][19][20] Hariri apparently was forced to stay in the guest house of his family’s mansion in Riyadh, from where he gave a media interview, and apparently did not have access to his clothes, as he was photographed leaving in overly large shoes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Lebanon–Saudi_Arabia_dispute

Saudi diplomacy involves illegally detaining foreign leaders and slapping them repeatedly, even denying them access to their own clothes :D:D:D
Even “mighty Israel, best army in the Middle East, and possibly the world (rolls eyes)” with her billions of dollars worth of donated American arms thinks twice before confronting Hezbollah, how the hell is the Lebanese army supposed to do it? He he, this is the “breath of fresh air” that MBS is bringing to ME geopolitical landscape. So far, the Saudi coalition with their shiny new weaponry and billions of dollars has failed to dislodge the (relatively speaking,) ragtag Houthi rebels from Yemen. The Houthis have reportedly killed over 1000 Saudi troops. Hezbollah ndio wataweza? Saudi Arabia has also brought Qatar and Iran closer. The Persians are obviously the masters of geopolitical chess, coz whatever measures are taken to blunt their influence only make them more powerful. So far, Iran has spread her influence to Lebanon via Hezbollah, Iraq, Syria and now Yemen via the Houthis. It’s only a matter of time before pro-Iran rebels start causing trouble in Saudi Arabia’s oil rich East.

Ya Waarabu achia waarabu…

Hawa waarabu ni watu fane sana. Yaani muchamaa anaresign alafu anambiwa hatutambui hiyo resignation, rudi huku uendelee kuwa PM, na tusibishane :D:D:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1dKNcVZfIw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kkECA4BoO0

Reminds me of when Jean-Bertrand Aristide was abducted by the US army and forced to resign as president of Haiti. Alipewa pen akiwa amekidnappiwa kwa ndege akambiwa asign resignation letter…“unasoma nini? Sign hapo tumeweka x, mbwa wewe!!!”

Lakini sijawahi elewa why Lebanon is the playground of so many middle-eastern powers. Even the government itself is very weak within its borders. Beirut kwenyewe kuna areas za Hezbollah na wasisumbuliwe. They are even represented in the cabinet

I think it all boils down to Sunni Vs Shia rivalry. I’m sure it’s more complicated, but that’s the most obvious source of the problem in my opinion. There’s no single group in the country that can claim to be a majority, so this opens the country up to interference from various powers trying to extend their influence to the country. Muslims make up around 55% of the population, but half are Sunni and half are Shia. Christians also make up around 40%, but they’re also divided into smaller groups, e.g. Maronite, Greek Orthodox and Druze. The three largest groups therefore are Sunnis, Shia and Maronite Christians, who each account for 20 something percent of the population. Their constitution makes it clear that the president must be a Maronite Christian, Prime Minister must be a Sunni Muslim, and Speaker must be a Shia. By forcing the PM to resign, the Saudis hoped to trigger a crisis in the country. To what end, I don’t know, because if it comes to war all manner of players will be sucked in, and when the guns fall silent, I seriously doubt Saudi Arabia will have gained an upper hand in the country.

as the kgb spy in kenya si wewe ndiye unajua zaidi?

Congratulations on your mastery of Lebanese demographics. Swali sasa ni, what percentage of Kikuyus are Christian, Muslim, Mungiki and Muratinists? Na Wajaluo je? Wangapi Wakristo, Waisilamu, Mungu Roho, Roho Mungu, Lejo Maria ama Fishmongertothecore? Wabaluhya wangapi ni nightrunner? Na wakamba wangapi wachawi?