Would You Really Want to Know?

by Constantine

The phrase, "would you really want to know?" came to mind while reading this article today about a Lebanese psychic, who foresaw the current events between Israel and Lebanon and is now on the receiving end of scrutiny and floods of panicky phone calls from the Lebanese public.

The phrase, which is attached to a quote from a movie I saw recently: "If our own government was responsible for the deaths of almost a hundred thousand people, would you really want to know?" Finch, V for Vendetta, also seems, in it's entirety, to oddly reflect my own feelings about what is going on in the middle east today. But the irony of that coincidence is besides the point.

The real question is, if you could see into the future and found chaos and destruction, the death of thousands of people, and your city laid to waste-- would you really want to know? If waiting for you at the end of your searching was the worst answer imaginable, would you still want to know? What if you were wrong? What if it meant that you were harrassed and persecuted, would you really be brave enough to tell people what you saw?

The April-May 2005 issue of Al-Hadath Al-Arabi Wal Duwali reported that Hayek predicted a massive Israeli offensive and incursion would occur in Lebanon, and that Beirut's airport would be touched by an incident.

The Feb. 7, 2005 issue of Al-Shiraa magazine listed two of Hayek's other predictions:

- We will see piles of garbage in Lebanon.

- Accidents will be reported in Israel's air force.

Garbage is indeed filling Lebanon's streets because the offensive has prevented garbage collectors from doing their jobs. On Monday, an Israeli Apache helicopter crashed near the Lebanese border while last week two Apache attack helicopters collided in northern Israel.

Since that set of predictions, Hayek has kept a low profile, saying he does not want to be the bearer of bad news. Plus, he was getting threatening calls and faced accusations he has privileged access to information because he works for the secret service, a charge he denies.

Check out the full scoop here: Lebanese Psychic...

| 07/27/06 |