The same day that Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora lies in the op-ed pages of the New York Times about how the Arabs don’t want to destroy Israel, Hassan Nasrallah comes out and says the Arabs shouldn’t make peace with Israel.
Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah accused the Arab world of running to Israel’s rescue following its “defeat” at the hands of his group in last summer’s war by renewing a land-for-peace offer to the Jewish State.
“I tell the Arab world, ‘Israel is spread out before you. You are welcome to learn its strengths and weaknesses.’ But at a time when Israel is so weak, the Arabs are renewing the Arab Peace Initiative in order to save (Prime Minister Ehud) Olmert,” Nasrallah said.
That would be the leader of the group that is in violation of UN Resolution 1701. Siniora is all about obeying UN Resolutions, so long as they’re regarding, oh, Israel.
Like the Israelis, the Arab people have legitimate security concerns, as evidenced by what Lebanon endured last summer. So often we have seen parties to the conflict use force in the name of self-defense and security, only to further aggravate the situation and compromise the very security they seek. These escalations also occur because there has never been full compliance with international law.
You mean like compliance with UNSC 1701, which demands the disarming of “all armed groups in Lebanon”? The one that your very own president said doesn’t apply to Lebanon?
Double standards? Yeah, we’ve got that.
Saniora, the one who proclaimed Lebanon would be the last Arab nation to make peace with Israel.
He makes a good bookend this week with his neighbor in Syria. Assad laments that Israel is too weak and its people too immature to conclude a just peace.
So, democracy thrives, and a robust, mature civil society in Syria supports its government in its just endeavors?
These people can’t expect to be taken seriously. Why are they even wasting their oxygen on talking?
Syrians and Lebanese are of the same ilk and not to be trusted !
You don’t seem to be aware that Nasrallah is trying to overthrow the government of Lebanon and the President and Speaker of the Parliament are allied with him and with Syria in this endeavor.
Siniora would like nothing better than to implement UN resolutions to disarm this militia that is not only holding his country (Lebanon) hostage but also taking it to war with neighbors. Nasrallah is pretty open about his threats to Siniora about what he will do if the Lebanese Government does try to disarm them. Civil war & 30,000 rockets are in Hezbollah’s arsenal and he won’t hesitate to use them – even against his own people. Read Siniora’s words again – but this time, consider that he is talking about his enemy within. Nasrallah is the true enemy to Lebanon, and Siniora is fully aware of it – it appears you are not.
Dear Kibitzer,
Nasrallah is all you say and more. However, even taking into account all the real and imaginary difficulties Siniora is facing, his behavior is far from even vaguely resembling a man of principles.
He never tried to rein Hizballah in, even when the western powers stood behind him. His anti-Israeli histrionics during the last crisis and his crocodile tears at the session of the Arab League will not be forgotten soon.
When he comes to being consistent and to do something about removing Hizballah from position of power, then we shall see. Meanwhile – all hat and no cattle.