I will be more than happy to jump on the "Hassan Diab Represents me" bandwagon if he concedes, at least in passing, that having an armed state within a state, bent on antagonizing the country whose currency we are begging for, is part of the problem.

Absent that, we can call him many things, but we can& #39;t call him "independent", "strong" or "non-partisan". Maybe he& #39;s doing the best he can with the cards he& #39;s dealt --and I do sense sincere effort-- but make no mistakes whose influence he& #39;s working under...