... meanwhile, from the little window of Lebanon's hatemongers

"In newest remarks to the daily Al-Akhbar published Friday, Jumblat criticized March 14 leaders as living in another world.
"It seems that the youngsters are (living) in a different world," Jumblat said.
Jumblat's criticism came as the Druze leader's call for a "solid" gathering with Hizbullah, al-Mustaqbal Movement and Speaker Nabih Berri, drew outrage from March 14 leaders.

"This was a slip of the tongue," Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel said of Jumblat's recent statement. Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, however, disagreed with Jumblat on his reasoning that the Muslim arena was the "foundation." "This is not true. The political arena is national and not religious," Geagea believed. "We cannot talk about any alliance in Lebanon's interest in isolation from the Christians," Geagea stressed.

MP Sami Gemayel, for his part, said in an interview with LBC's Kalam el-Nass talk show late Thursday that he does not mind a rapprochement between Jumblat and Syria "provided we would not pay a price for this rapprochement."