Gas and oil won’t make Lebanon happier | Opinion , Commentary | THE DAILY STAR:
"A responsible and happy citizenry forms the fundamental underpinning of a happy nation. How does gas and oil figure in the happiness equation?
Gas and oil are the latest drama in Lebanon, Israel and Cyprus. While all three states, for different reasons, are failed products of imperial Europe, Lebanon – a gravely distorted democracy with regional ailments – may be the one to gain the least and lose the most from gas and oil discoveries offshore.
Still buried under water, gas and oil are yet scarcely resources that pay. Instead, they have already fueled monkey-shine politics in the tradition of all Lebanese public affairs. Hence their discovery has chiefly provoked nepotism among the usual oligarchs-cum-politicians who are experts in organized looting."
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