And the title goes to … Ziad Baroud, minister of Interior and Municipalities … applause?
This title could be added to Baroud’s collection, but he should perhaps take a closer look at it since it is not as notable as the others.

Just like our Lebanese ministers today, Napoleon carried his selfishness so far that it was not easy to persuade him on any issue that did not concern himself. Napoleon was also responsible for the bloodshed on the battlefield while Baroud is also being held responsible for the bloodshed on the battlefield of traffic we face every day. When Baroud became minister in 2008, one of the first things on his agenda was to ease the burden of traffic, yet, here we are in 2010 and traffic has become quite the epidemic keeping Lebanon with a record for the worst traffic and accidents in the Arab world. Continue reading ‘Ziad Baroud – Lebanon’s Napoleon of traffic’