You Stay Classy, Lebanese Forces

Wow. Someone in the Lebanese Forces decided that it would be a great idea to give its opponents, who claim that it is a quasi-military organization whose support for democratic values only runs skin deep, extra ammunition. The popular LF blog Ouwet Front recently got an e-mail from the "Technical Manager" of the Official LF site, demanding that they shut down and be subsumed into one unified, Borg-like main site. When Ouwet refused, this is what the would-be censor had to say.

"IT IS A DIRECT ORDER FROM DR. GEAGEA. It is either you follow up the Lebanese Forces and its leader Dr. Geagea or you open another party on your own."

Well, that's not going to help Mr. Geagea argue that this was one bad apple acting on his own. The censor goes on to clarify that "[i]t is not a matter of military orders or not it is only to use all power in one place." How nice that the LF decided to provide this glimpse into its governing philosophy.