"... the Maronites and Druze have become Lebanon’s native Americans..."

"Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt said the Maronites and Druze have become Lebanon’s "red Indians*", read, irrelevant (*the Native Americans)

He hoped for the Maronites to be convinced of such theory. Druze Leader told the daily Al-Akhbar on Thursday, "I am convinced of this, but who will convince the Maronites?”

About the latest events that accompanied the government formation, PSP leader said: "In light of the Sunni-Shiite conflict in the region, there is a new Lebanon now." Adding, “political geography a new agglomeration will surface."

Jumblatt believed that the negligence and mismanagement in Lebanon go back way in history to the independence time, “responsibility falls on mismanagement of the country that goes back to the days of independence leaders." the Druze leader concluded."