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The Lebanese opposition lies in a coma—motionless, a flat electroencephalogram. It waits for the prince charming who will deliver the kiss of revival. But this is no fairy tale, and the awakening is sure to be brutal.

From feeble statements to positions laced with empty cliches, not a single day goes by without the transparent opposition failing, again and again.

But where have all these “leaders” disappeared to? They’re waiting to see which way the winds will shift. As always. The principle of caution pushed to its extreme. When it’s not outright panic.

When we look at the Lebanese landscape, on one side stands Hezbollah, which, according to its own narrative, moves from victory to victory—an astonishing contradiction to the desolation before us. A stunning denial.

On the other side, the Israelis, whom no one seems able or willing to stop, relentlessly pursuing their own interests to the bitter end. In both cases, at least the positions are glaringly clear.

Between the two, lies a grey zone filled with trivial politicians and the infamous Lebanese opposition. Its voice is muffled by a paralyzing sense of passivity. The moment of reckoning will come. The lack of initiative won’t go unnoticed by the people, who ask themselves on a daily basis: “What are they doing?” Well, nothing—or very little. No one dares speak of sudden, reckless acts of boldness. Not even that. What’s most striking is the absence of unity—the absolute minimum they should have achieved. What are they waiting for? The Arab countries? They’re frozen in place. The West? That’s a distant hope. So, what’s stopping them from joining forces and launching a sovereignty front, putting aside personal and partisan interests, along with their old and futile squabbles?

At the very least, they could unite around a few fundamental points: Lebanon’s independence, its neutrality sabotaged by others' wars, the swift election of a president, and steadfast support for the Lebanese Army Forces (LAF). They could also act—starting with a general strike to demand an end to the country’s bleeding and halt the intolerable foreign interference in Lebanon’s affairs. Even now, Ayatollah Khamenei is calling for the continuation of the fighting. Other suggestions? An open petition signed by the people, addressed to the United Nations and world powers, a shared platform of demands framed as a unified political agenda... The possibilities are many, and it doesn’t take much courage to launch a project that could save the nation. The political gathering of “Qornet Shehwan,” in its time, proved that even in the most desperate circumstances, the unity of patriots always prevails. It’s far better than lying low and waiting for the storm to pass, only to see who gets drenched. Because, in the end, we’ll be swallowed up, carried away by the currents, and miss the very lifeboat that could save us from the looming shipwreck.