WAKE UP CALL
By: Freedom Fighter

The Lebanese cannot wait for the world to liberate them. Our battle for independence is ours only. It is not a picnic and yes it is a battle. For all those who are "waiting" in Beirut and the Diaspora, we launch this wake up call. After 10 years of Syrian occupation, the calamities in Lebanon have reached catastrophic proportions. Needless to go here in detail about the miseries of our homeland in all aspects; social, medical, economic, moral, political, and ecological. The Syrian Ethnic Cleansing of Lebanon continues unabated and the coming Middle East so-called peace will impose on Lebanon hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.

Our Leadership in the Free Patriotic Current has fought valiantly and with all means at its disposal to keep the cause of Lebanon known in all corners of the Earth. But our leadership has had its difficult times too. From the days of the Syrian invasion, to exile, to effectively house-arrest conditions and a ban on public/mass political activities. The Liberation of Lebanon should not be the responsibility of the few brave Lebanese who have chosen the path of right against the Dark Syrian dictatorship. All Lebanese, everywhere are called to action. Wherever you are, in Lebanon and outside, ask yourself; what can I do on a daily basis, to help towards the liberation of Lebanon. Do not wait for America, France, the United Nations, the Arab League, and certainly ignore the Syrian-installed collaborators regime and political class in Lebanon.
Organize yourselves. Hhelp each other. Be a model of cooperation, acceptance, compassion, and unity, even love. Collect private donations not to send them to a far away centralized political body, but to spend in your communities on fliers, brochure, books, web sites, and information dissemination about the Syrian occupation of Lebanon.
Why do we stress the Syrian over the Israeli occupation? Because Israel has already accepted UN resolution 425/426 and has been seeking the Lebanese puppet regimes cooperation for months to implement them to no avail. While the Syrian dictatorship continues to violently occupy and assimilate Lebanon and reject the implementation of UN resolution 520, which requires its withdrawal from Lebanon.

It is easy to organize small groups of 3 to 5 people. We could have 1000 such groups all over the world within months. We can communicate over the Internet via this web site. Perhaps a number of Lebanese families in any small town in the Diaspora can get together and establish a Lebanese cultural center. Put weekly fliers out. Set up Lebanese food, music, and Liberation evenings. Teach our children born in the host countries our language, history, and make them proud of our cultural heritage and distinctiveness. Show the foreign citizens of your host country videos about the barbaric Syrian acts in Lebanon. These videos are available from the Council of Lebanese American Associations (CLAO www.clao.com). Remember, the new Lebanon however is not an exclusive Maronite, Shiites, Sunnite, or any other form of feudal/religious leaning. Keep politics out. Care little about the shape of the future Lebanon; first we must have a country before we can argue about its orientation or government.

Do not wait for the Free Patriotic Current to free you. Each and every Lebanese is by default a member of the current. You will free yourself and our people. It is up to you, fellow Lebanese and no one else. We cannot wait indefinitely while Syria swallows Lebanon and erases our identity with 1.5 million Syrian settlers. The fight has been so far Gandhi-like and peaceful. That is the honorable and civilized way. But Syria is not England. England did not attempt to erase the Indian identity and assimilate it, and did not bomb it incessantly for 15 years. The Syrian dictatorship only understands the language of force as clearly proven when it fell to its knees to Turkey, and by waging a cowardly war of attrition against Israel which is killing the Lebanese and destroying our economy just to liberate the Golan.

Fellow Lebanese, wait no more. Take the initiative. The Syrian war of aggression against Lebanon has not stopped. It is continuing daily on all fronts. In Lebanon, our people are being are arrested by the Syrian and by Syrian-trained Lebanese security services for their Gandhi-like activities when they peacefully distribute fliers decrying the Syrian occupation of our homeland. Let no one fool you about the collaborators talk of democracy and freedom. Lebanon today is a police state ran directly by the Syrian dictatorship. We are at war, defending ourselves legitimately against an occupation power that invaded our homeland. All Syrian military and economic (but not civilian) installations in Lebanon and Syria should be fair targets for our Freedom Fighters operating in Lebanon.

Long Live Michel Aoun
Long Live Free Lebanon