The wide smile of the general

The cramped office, which forms the general's "special operating room", did not obstruct the emergence of the great welcoming that began with an ironic reading of a bulletin that targeted his orange current. It ended with a "sudden" conversation on the "Orange TV" in the current's station, the birth of which is supposed to take place by the end of this year.
Perhaps the numerous maps hanging on the wall of the office suggest that the "operating room" has moved from Yarze to Rabye. However, the law books in the three languages, Arabic, English and French, occupying their prominent place at the forefront of the office explain that what the general reads nowadays does not relate to war or military tactics. Instead, they are books on politics, constitution, and the laws that organize the public life in Lebanon.
The meeting that was continuously associated with spontaneity for one and a half hours was vivid and rich, lacking any sudden reactions or provocations. Perhaps, this is because the general was relaxed, as he knows what he wants. And although the obstacles are to a great extent blocking his way to achieving his aims, yet this issue does not cause him much harm. This is because that which he seeks, he seeks not for himself. Instead, he is after an awakening, for which he sees that the time has come in the country that can no longer tolerate exploitation in the market of the international suzerainties.
For this reason, he can see that which differentiates him from "others", briefly differentiating between he who wants this country to be overwhelmed by the values of the homeland and citizen, and he "the other" who wants the relationship to remain as a relation of a company with its customers-- "There is a great difference between the two relationships."
The wide smile of the general can be sensed when he talks about the understanding which he signed with "Sayyed Hassan", as he often named him during the meeting. For instance, this understanding eliminated any possibility for Lebanon's return backwards and finally eliminated the possible occurrence of any sedition in Lebanon. It also created a stability that is based on the principle of everyone accepting everyone as well as set the rules from which the dialogue convention could not deviate. Hence, although modified on some occasions, they were embraced at more than one location and they pertained to more than one cause.
Why should he not smile?-while "we represent 80% of the Lebanese people across 80% of the Lebanese soil," and while "we have penetrated the sectarian barrier -The general said-."
The general has a lot to say about the majority and minority, about the Constitutional Council and contestations, about relations with Syria regarding which he maintained his attitude over the past years whereas "the others were the ones who changed their attitudes."
What if the "third general" reaches Baabda? What will change?
The reforms, the reforms which the Lebanese seek will be achieved. The general says, "There may exist a difficult stage, but it will be limited in time after which relief will come to light."
Mahmoud Raya