The Real Enemy
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, on whose troops Hizbullah just opened a can of whoop ass, wants everyone to know he’s not intimidated by Hizbullah, despite the fact his government caved in to their demands.
He also wants everyone to know who the real enemy is.
Guess who.
“What Hizbullah did is a coup,” Siniora said Saturday. “Hizbullah has become the problem of all of Lebanon. We are not scared of its weapons.”
Later Saturday, an opposition statement said Hizbullah and its allies will end all armed presence in Beirut after the Lebanese army overturned government measures against the group. “”The Lebanese opposition will end all armed presence in Beirut so that the capital will be in the hands of the army,” the statement said. However, the opposition noted that “civil disobedience” will continue.
By Saturday evening, eyewitnesses reported that trucks carrying Hizbullah gunmen were leaving Beirut as Lebanese soldiers were deploying in the streets.
The reports came shortly after the Lebanese army announced that it will comply with Hizbullah’s demands, namely refraining from replacing the Beirut airport’s security chief and allowing Hizbullah to maintain his separate communication network.
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Siniora added that “we believed and we still do that the real danger to the country comes from the direction of Israel – our true enemy. However, the experience we are going through at this time shows that our democratic regime has fallen victims to our homeland brothers.”
“We did not underestimate the resistance against Israel, but what is Hizbullah doing in Lebanon?” Siniora said. “What is it doing on the roads to the airport? Is it controlling the road to Tel Aviv by controlling these roads? Syria is our sister and Israel is the enemy.”
This is the man supported by the Americans, and makes a further joke of UN Resolution 1701 which, among other things, provides that “there will be no weapons without the consent of the government of Lebanon.” Clearly, the government of Lebanon has until now consented to Hizbullah being in possession of its weapons against Israel. And here’s an even clearer indication:
In his first public reaction to Hezbollah’s takeover of west Beirut, Mr Siniora decried what he called a “poisonous sting” to democracy.
He said Hezbollah’s weapons could no longer be considered to be legitimately held because they had been turned on the Lebanese themselves.
In other words, they were legitimately held while being used to kill Israelis.
Lebanon has in the past been called the “Paris of the Middle East.” I would posit that it only similarity with Paris these days is its hatred of Jews Zionists.
An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
It should be noted that President Bush didn’t pay attention, either. He just didn’t let what happened in Lebanon, interfere with his daughter’s wedding.
Now, it’s been said that Lebanon is the “paris of the Mideast.” That’s too hasty. Paris isn’t in that condition, yet. And, in europe? If it were a weather pattern, you’d say “there was a shift to the right.”
Personally? You think it’s such a bad idea to let these goons exhaust themselves? The Druze Jumblatt, who found his house surrounded. Just as Harriri, the sunni, did … Have a better understanding today of mob rule, than ever before.
And, with the Lebanese, they can’t absorb more than one failed lesson at a time.
I did notice, however, that the pictures out of Beirut, this time, didn’t have Reuter’s “doing up it’s usual routine of fake pictures.” And, the morgue guy, with this truck full of dead babies, wasn’t dropping carcasses. So? The best Saniora can do is still blame the Jews?
Oh. I’ll say this again, not every arab is a stupid fool. Even in Beirut, there’s a majority of arabs scared into their bathtubs to avoid the flying bullets, who are aware their leadership stinks.
Saniora and Bagdhad Bob. Can you tell the difference?
May 12th, 2008 at 6:18 am
“US-backed government.” Shit. Down the drain. Fuck the US State Department, they are not Americans.
I’m thinking Lebanon = Hezbollah from now on. Shia police state, Iranian proxy, Syrian tool, and all that. It will be a wide open terror state. Disneyland for jihadis.
You know, people ridicule Bush’s “Axis of Evil” speech, but he had the situation dead to rights. These are lawless regimes that cooperate and extend their influence by stealth and guile.
N. Korean plutonium-producing/fission-weapon nuclear reactor facility blown to hell in Syria. Good on Israel/US. It’s a start.
This crap is not going to go away on its own. They never stop.
Think of all the anti-Syrian Lebanese politicians murdered by Syrian agents. Enraging. Despicable. They are getting away with it.
All the mealy-mouthed talk about negotiation, grievances, working it out, is just insane.
On the bright side: when things have degenerated far enough, these thugs will get what they are asking for. All that is lacking now is the will to make it happen. They will provide the will. It’s what they do.
Note: I’m not Jewish. I can see the writing on the wall anyway. I think the 9/11 attacks were a warm-up for the main event. They will hit us again. These people are going to dig their own graves. They understand the Middle East, but they don’t understand us.
Like so may before, they think we won’t fight.
Reap the whirlwind, dickheads.