Ethics of the Country

It was not the war raging in our vicinity that compelled me to write, nor was it what befalls us of its shrapnel, or rather it was not the only thing that compelled me, but it was also this aggravated wound that we were not able to protect our military and security institutions and their men from drowning in our economic crisis. In Lebanon, it is well-known that whoever enlists in the military, will be supported, together with his household…, in health care and the like. Today, the soldier (as well as the non-soldier) in Lebanon, from any institution and whatever rank, got to a point where he expects to be supported by others, namely his siblings and children, in order to be able to manage his own household…! Can a country commit a more horrible disgrace than reducing its people, especially its soldiers, to being in need of bread and medicine…? The bankrupt country is not the one that is collapsed financially, but ethically! I have no fear for our military and security institutions. What is being said about the discipline of their soldiers and the enrollment of young people today is a source of pride for all of us, from our oldest to our youngest. Hats off to them.