Ke kapa nei ʻo Lebanona i kēia kau mākaʻikaʻi kauwela ka lanakila loa. Ua holo ka poʻe kipa i ka hui kahakai ʻo Lazy B uspcale na Georges Boustany. Akā ʻo ka hoʻoulu ʻana ua hoʻokaumaha loa i nā ʻōnaehana nāwaliwali o ke kaua a i ka hopena o ʻAukake, ua loaʻa ʻo Lazy B ma kahi o 12 mau hola o ka uila i kēlā me kēia lā, a ʻoiai ua haʻahaʻa loa ka uila a ua koi ʻia ʻo Boustany e hoʻonui iā ia me kahi diesel-fueled. mīkini hana hana. Ua hilinaʻi pū ka hui i kahi luawai pilikino no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki ke hilinaʻi ʻia ka wai paipu. "ʻO ka mea hana wale nō ʻo ke kelepona," wahi a Boustany.
ʻEkolu mau kauwela ma hope o ke kaua ma waena o ka ʻIseraʻela a me ka hui pūʻali koa Islam Hezbollah i waiho i nā ʻāpana o Beirut i nā wahi neoneo a me nā mākaʻikaʻi e ʻimi nei i ka palena, ua hoʻopiha hou ʻia nā hui kahakai o ke kapikala, nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale ʻaina. Ua komo pū ka lehulehu i nā poʻe haole Lebanona i hoʻi mai; ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mai ka ʻāina ʻo Kaiwa Persian conservative i huki ʻia i ka lewa libertine o Beirut, ke ʻano o ka pō, a me ke anuanu; a me ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika e ʻimi nei.
Akā, ua ʻike ʻia nā pilikia ʻoihana i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā pōʻai ʻino a me ka maluhia o ka lāhui, a me kona paʻa politika. He mokuʻāina ʻoʻopa, māhele ʻia, ka mea i hakakā e hāʻawi i nā lawelawe maʻamau i kāna mau kamaʻāina 4 miliona mai ka pau ʻana o ke kaua kīwila 15 makahiki i ka makahiki 1990, ua pono e hoʻokipa i kahi 2 miliona mau malihini kipa i ka hopena o kēia makahiki, ʻoi aku ma mua o hapalua miliona mai ka mooolelo mua o 1.4 miliona ma 1974.
ʻO ka hopena ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka pau ʻana o ka mana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka wai, a me nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa e hōʻemi ai i ke kiʻi mālama ʻole o ka lāhui a hoʻolohi i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ʻoiai ke hoʻomaka nei ka manawa no ka mahina hoʻāno Muslim o Ramadan.
"ʻIke wau i ka nui o nā hoʻolimalima ma ke ala, a ua pāpālua ke kaʻa, ʻo ka haʻalele ʻana iā Beirut," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Boulos Douaihy, 30, he mea hoʻolālā i hele i kēlā me kēia lā i ke kapikala ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi. “ʻAʻole au makemake i ka lewa, akā maikaʻi ia no ka ʻāina.”
ʻO ke kaua kīwila a me nā aupuni polarized, hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi ʻole ʻia o nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, ua waiho ʻia nā puka ākea i loko o ka ʻoihana ʻo Lebanona ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ʻia, e hoʻonui ana i nā makahiki i kahi ʻoihana ad-hoc o nā mea hoʻolako pūnaewele hewa ʻole, nā mafias hoʻomohala uila pilikino, nā pahu wai hou. , a me ke kaʻa valet.
"Ma Lebanona he koho ʻē aʻe mau kekahi," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Paul Ariss, ke poʻo o ka Lebanona Syndicate o ka ʻAina Mea ʻaina a me nā ʻĀina Cafe.
Akā, hiki i nā kumukūʻai keu ke kaumaha i nā mea nona ka ʻoihana a hoʻonui i nā kumukūʻai no nā mea kūʻai aku. ʻOiai ʻo kēia kauwela i hōʻoia i kahi mea maikaʻi no ka ʻoihana lawelawe meaʻai, ʻōlelo ʻo Ariss, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomau ʻia ke kūlana o kēia manawa. "Pono mākou e hana a hiki i ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ke aupuni hou, a hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻolālā i kahi mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi," wahi āna.
Ke emi nei ka hoihoi no ke aupuni e hiki mai ana o Sunni Muslim billionaire ʻo Saad Hariri, nona ka hui pū ʻana o nā ʻaoʻao i kākoʻo ʻia e US a me Saudi i hōʻoia hou i kona hapa nui i ke koho balota ʻana akā ua loaʻa iā ia he mau pilikia. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka ʻAha Kuhina i mea hoʻohenehene i ka hana ʻana o ka poʻe kālai'āina poʻokela o Lebanona i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā waiwai huakaʻi e hoʻokumu i aupuni a i ʻole e hakakā kekahi i kekahi.
Ua mahalo wale ʻo Boustany, ka mea nona ka hui kahakai, ʻo ka uila a me ka wai kāna mea e hopohopo nui ai i kēia kauwela. Ua wehe ʻo Lazy B i ʻelima mau lā ma mua o ke kaua 2006 i hōʻino nui ʻia i ka hapa nui o nā ʻōnaehana nāwaliwali o Lebanona, me kahi mea kanu mana, nāna i hoʻokahe i nā tona o ka ʻaila i loko o ke Kai Mediterranean.
Ke kaua i ukali ia e elua makahiki o ka infighting ma waena o Hariri ka mea i kapaia March 14 coalition a me ka Hezbollah-alakaʻi kū'ē, he alo i kokoke kauo i ka aina i kekahi kaua kīwila. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi kuʻikahi o Mei 2008 ma waena o nā ʻaoʻao hakakā o Lebanona i kahi maluhia kūloko.
"Ke hōʻoia nei mākou inā hāʻawi lākou iā mākou i ke kūpaʻa politika, hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā mea he nui," i ʻōlelo ʻo Boustany.
I loko o Lebanona holoʻokoʻa o ka haunaele i hala, ua noho mau ka mākaʻikaʻi i kumu nui o ka loaʻa kālā, ʻo ka hapa nui mai nā miliona o Lebanona e noho ana ma waho e kipa ana i ke kauwela. Eia nō naʻe, ʻōlelo nā luna mākaʻikaʻi i ka liʻiliʻi o ke aupuni no ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā Lebanona ma waho.
Ua manaʻo ʻo Joseph Haimari, he kākāʻōlelo i ka Ministry of Tourism, ua hāʻawi ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka US $ 7 biliona i ka hoʻokele waiwai o Lebanona i ka makahiki i hala, ma kahi o ka hapahā o ka huahana kūloko. Akā me ka lawa ʻole o ka waihona kālā hoʻolaha, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "ke hilinaʻi nei mākou i ... media e hoʻopuka i kā mākou leka."
ʻOiai nā paʻakikī, wahi a Haimari, ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi kekahi o nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi e hiki ke hoʻolako i nā hana no ka poʻe ʻōpio palaualelo, ʻike ʻole i komo pinepine ʻia i nā kaua politika a me ka sectarian o ka ʻāina.
"Pono e helu ʻia ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he mea nui o ke aupuni," wahi āna. "Akā pono mākou i nā ʻōnaehana kūpono - nā alanui, ka uila, ka wai - e ʻae i ka mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻonui."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- A crippled, divided state, which has struggled to provide even basic services to its 4 million citizens since a brutal 15-year civil war ended in 1990, suddenly had to accommodate an estimated 2 million visitors by the end of this year, up more than half a million from the previous record of 1.
- But the influx has so strained the nation’s war-weakened infrastructure that in late August, Lazy B was getting only about 12 hours of electricity a day, and even then the voltage was so low that Boustany was forced to augment it with a diesel-fueled generator.
- ʻO ke kaua kīwila a me nā aupuni polarized, hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi ʻole ʻia o nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, ua waiho ʻia nā puka ākea i loko o ka ʻoihana ʻo Lebanona ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ʻia, e hoʻonui ana i nā makahiki i kahi ʻoihana ad-hoc o nā mea hoʻolako pūnaewele hewa ʻole, nā mafias hoʻomohala uila pilikino, nā pahu wai hou. , a me ke kaʻa valet.
