Nasser Qandil: The balance of power in the region is no longer in America’s interest.
Noting that Washington and Paris are not seeking peace and stability in Lebanon, a prominent Lebanese analyst stressed that Westerners have lost their sources of power in the region.
The United States and France, especially the United States, have always been a major factor in the devastation and crisis in Lebanon, and it is unbelievable that ambassadors from both countries traveled to Saudi Arabia today as “ambassadors of peace” to resolve the Lebanese political issue. The experience of Washington’s intervention in Lebanon shows that the United States has never been interested in peace and stability in Lebanon and has always sought to destroy it in various ways, including an unjust economic siege.
In an interview with Al-Ahd news website, Nasser Qandil, a prominent Lebanese analyst and editor-in-chief of Al-Banna newspaper, said that the apparent US and French interference in Lebanon’s internal affairs dates back to decades; But now it has reached its peak and we see that Washington and Paris have entered the Lebanese political crisis line not indirectly but directly.
Nasser Qandil added, “We in Lebanon are currently involved in a political, economic, judicial and security system affiliated with the United States and France that is suffocating the country, and therefore the formation of the government, military activities and civil society organizations all affiliated with Washington.” And are in Paris. Under these circumstances, the United States and France are trying to exploit the suffocation caused by the sanctions and put Lebanon in a position where it sees only one way out of this impasse, and that is to surrender to the demands of Washington and Paris.
“Nevertheless, foreign forces always make mistakes in their calculations, and what drives them to intervene more in Lebanon is anxiety about changing the situation in Lebanon,” Qandil said. Because now there are other options such as Russia, China and Iran to help Lebanon, and these options can turn the crisis in Lebanon into an opportunity.
