Unfortunately, many of those who speak in the name of Mount Lebanon and the Maronites do not truly know its history.
Let us speak realistically. Whether Hezbollah remains armed or is formally disarmed, that power will ultimately remain in its hands, because the Lebanese Republic is in the grip of the Shiite community. And even if it were not, an Arab Lebanon is itself a project fundamentally opposed to the idea of Mount Lebanon and its independence.
Before lamenting what may come after any agreement between Trump, Iran, and the Arab states, we should first ask ourselves: do we truly know our own history? Do we know who the historical allies of Mount Lebanon were? The answer is no. A people who do not know their history become their own first enemy.
Our struggle, before it is military, is cultural. It concerns the Maronite people first and the Druze second. Mount Lebanon cannot exist without the Maronites and the Druze, but neither can it survive if they fail to understand their own history.
The projects of Arab nationalism, Arabization, and systematic Islamization have led many Maronites and Druze to adopt Islamic causes and priorities as their own. I am not attacking anyone; I am highlighting what I see as our historical mistakes. If we do not return to our true history, any attempt to rebuild this mountain will be in vain.
Return to history first—then resist. For a people who do not know their history become a weapon in the hands of invaders against their own nation.