“Nasrallah Is Like Ariel Sharon”
During the Arab League conference discussing the latest turmoil in Lebanon, the Saudi Foreign Minister could not resist dragging Israel into the discussion.
“(Hizbullah leader Hassan) Nasrallah is like (former Israeli Prime Minister) Ariel Sharon * – they both invaded Beirut,” Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said during a recent Arab League conference in Cairo on the sectarian violence in Lebanon.
Leaving aside the fact that Israel captured Beirut to drive out the PLO (which had been launching terrorist attacks from Lebanon) while Hizbullah’s agenda is very different, Al-Faisal’s statement once again shows the Arab fixation with Israel, even when Israel is not involved.
By the way, in case you were wondering:
The Arab League eventually decided that it would try to mediate between the rival factions in Lebanon but did not condemn Hizbullah.
* There is no similarity between Nasrallah and Sharon, although I really wish there was in one respect.
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Even before clicking on “one respect,” I knew you were going to say ‘coma.’
And, the other thing I noticed? Hmm? Bush is in Riyadh, now. Meeting with the saudi king. And, I’ll guess the same anti-Israel schtick is being played, loud and clear.
You want oil prices to come down, Mr. Bush? Well, shrink Israel to fit into it’s 1948 borders.
Bush, meanwhile says nothing. Instead? He talks of his daughter’s wedding. And, the rule he put into place, that nothing, not even war, was going to interfere with it.
So? Lebanon went up in smoke.
As to the future, if you look very closely, you’ll see Nasrallah used up a lot of tires. And, ammunition. But all the two sides really did was play “charades of war.” How do I know? Well, Saniora gave the order to the Army general (Suilamen, “soil-a-men?”)to fight. And, instead, he got a response that said: “Oh, yeah? I’ll tell the army to return to their barracks, first.”
So, with no side doing defense of Lebanon, the sunnis, there, went crazy. And, with fear, too. While Nasrallah supposedly “strengthened.”
I’m more impressed with Bush for doing nothing. If we’re lucky? In time the saud’s will swing from their own petards.
It’s as if the only way the arabs can convey anything to each other, use examples, adjectives, or similes, are to always put it in terms of Israel and Jews. How very colourful.
One thing I read somewhere was talking about the wests inaction on anything, and said the Arab League will end up doing nothing. I guess they did do it. Nothing.