A "New" Threshold in Beirut?
Is there such a thing as a "new" threshold? aren't all thresholds new?“Thresh.old: Etymology:
Middle English thresshold, from Old
English threscwald; akin to Old Norse threskjǫldr threshold, Old English
threscan to thresh
Date: before 12th century
1: the plank, stone, or piece of timber that lies
under a door : sill
2
a: gate, door b (1): end, boundary
; specifically : the end of a runway (2): the place or point of entering or
beginning : outset <on the threshold of a new age> 3 a:
the point at which a physiological or psychological effect begins to be
produced <has a high threshold for pain> b: a level, point, or value
above which something is true or will take place and below which it is not or
will not.”
Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary
Talking about June Lebanese elections. There is an expectancy in the air that Hezbullah and her Christian allies (General Michel Oun, et al) will win a majority. Hezbullah supporters and spokesmen are optimistic, the March 14 (Hariri) allies seem dejected, almost resigned to a loss.
Nassrallah has even said that if the March 14 (Hariri) refuse to enter a cabinet formed by his coalition, they will rule alone. It may be too early for him to count his eggs, or is it his chickens?
The crisis with Egypt does not seem to have helped the March 14, as may have been planned. The renaming Hezullah as “Iranian Hezbullah” in the Saudi media does not seem to have helped: the Lebanese know that almost all their parties have foreign “patrons”: whether it is in the form of Iranian money and arms or Saudi money and arms for one side or the other. But it ain’t over yet, not until the fat lady sings.
Cheers
mhg
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