"... When President Bashar al-Assad said "disentangling from the Hariri tribunal is like dropping the May 17 Agreement with Israel", he actually painted a scene in full. And to the Sunni community today, Najib Mikati, represents a safeguard that the Community would not experience the fate of the Maronite community after the Agreement of 17 May, and consequently the eclipse of the Maronites' political power after years of internecine warfare. Commentators & collators are quick to note that, 'he' who succeeded in 1983 in taking the whole Lebanese civil war and restraining it to the Christian areas, has come close but stopped short of achieving the same outcome within the Sunni areas. Anyone who took a closer look at Lebanon's 'Day of Rage', soon discovered that it was only the Sunnis, mainly blue collared ones, who rampaged, closed their shops, schools & restaurants. Life in the Southern & Northern suburbs of the capital, was all business as usual. Moreover, while Sukleen garbage containers were going up in flame & Molotov cocktails were hurled at Lebanese soldiers, Al Jazeera journalists and empty sidewalks, not one 'Shi'a Praetorian' was seen anywhere, in a clear sign that 'he' was not going to indulge the proponents of 'fitnah' ... a calamity that would spell disaster for those who live in 'mirrored rooms with chadeliers' more than it does those living in the trenches...."
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