And away from the relation with the Syrian regime or the opinion regarding it, we are well aware that the refugees are oppressed people who have fled the hell they faced in their country to any country they were able to reach, be it Turkey, Jordan or Lebanon, all the way to Europe; more often than not through the boats of death.
Lebanon’s problem is not with the Syrians as individuals, especially that there are kinship relationships among many families in both countries, as well as a historic interaction between them. The problem lies in the international community’s abandonment of everyone, Lebanese and Syrians alike; the aids offered for the refugees are not sufficient and are scarce for the host communities, making the act of securing the necessary for the immigrants impractical unless through conflicts of interests and businesses. This means “stealing” the income of the Lebanese from their way and the way of their children; this puts the poor against the poor and thus resentment grows and with it the crisis deepens.
With such reading, some Syrians might understand why the Lebanese do not accept this reality, particularly in those areas and villages that have been surfeited with refugees, rendering their infrastructures unable to provide the services for which they were built. Add to that, the necessary services are not available for the Lebanese, above all water and electricity; how could they possible rejoice the sharing of these scant quantities with others?!
The international community has got to move at a much faster and more efficient pace so as to spare the two peoples the bitterness of war and to protect Europe and the entire world from the invasion of the hordes of refugees coming from all directions.