Walid “Chameleon Bey” Jumblatt

For a while it was Qandil, then along came Aridi, and now we have the chameleon himself, Walid Jumblatt, accusing General Aoun of the very criminal acts he himself mastered and openly admitted to committing.

A couple of years ago, Jumblatt walked into Parliament, asked for a review of the Syrian-Lebanese relationship, hosted the Patriarch’s visit to the Shouf region, and signed an agreement with former President Gemayel. When asked about his sudden shift in politics and how genuine it was, he responded: “Let time judge me and my politics”.

Unfortunately for Walid Bey, time is not on his side. His actions since he spoke those words far outweigh in duplicity and treachery his crimes as a warlord. His politics are like shifting sands, ever moving under the Syrian boot over his bowed neck. The politics of this political dwarf have been an insult and a disgrace to the Druze community and to all of Lebanon. Perhaps he dreams of another title, this time granted by the Syrian occupiers, to add to the “Bey” the Ottoman Turks gave his family. He is a man who sold his soul to the devil and trampled on the dignity of the Lebanese people. He is not worthy of trust, not a man of his word, and most shamefully continues to bow his head and kiss the boot of the regime that assassinated his father.

The ultimate irony is that while Syria’s days in occupied Lebanon are numbered, and the Syrian regime is in a state of panic under the pressures exerted by the United States and France, here are Mr. Jumblatt and the minister who a short while ago wanted to put a bullet in him justifying the occupation like the obedient servants that they are. As unpredictable as Mr. Jumblatt is, acting like the spoiled little brat who inherited his father’s position by an archaic tribal system, one can be assured that Mr. Jumblatt will quickly change the color of his skin when Lebanon is free, and switch sides again and try to explain away his treason. No principles. Just the primal survival of a little man trying to make it in the Syrian jungle. Like all his fellow warlords now turned “politicians”, he is an instrument of the occupation and the cause of the miseries of the Lebanese people.

For some reason, political analysts think that Walid “Bey” reads and interprets regional and international events wisely. But the Lebanese people know him for the Syrian puppet and Damascus mouthpiece that he is. Perhaps Walid “Bey” should start reading and interpreting this: the occupation is nearing its end, and freedom and sovereignty are returning shortly to the Lebanon for which his father and many free and patriotic Lebanese have died.

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