Lebanon's Parliament Leader Hariri Vows Not To Surrender To Iran, Syria

You gotta give the Parliamentary leadership of Lebanon some credit - they are standing up to the regimes of Assad in Syria and Ahmadinejad in Iran. Here's an excerpt from the story here from The Daily Star:

Parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri vowed on Tuesday that the Western-backed ruling coalition would not negotiate with Hizbullah "with a gun pointed at our heads." Meanwhile, the commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), General Michel Suleiman, said the country has witnessed in the past few days a "civil war that no national army can put an end to or take part in."

Let's look at specifically what Hariri said in reference to Syria and Iran:

"They are asking Beirut to raise white flags and they are asking Saad Hariri, [head of the Democratic Gathering MP] Walid Jumblatt and the March 14 majority to agree to the return of the Syrian regime in Lebanon or hand over decision-making to the Syrian and Iranian regimes," Hariri said. "This is totally impossible ... They cannot get Saad Hariri, Walid Jumblatt or any March 14 leader to surrender to Iran or Syria."
The anti-Syrian majority refuses to negotiate with the Hizbullah-led opposition "with a pistol pointed at our heads," Hariri said. "This will not happen even if they fire at us."

Now, that takes some balls. We have to remember that most of the past majority leadership in Lebanon has been systematically assassinated by Syrian operatives over the past five years - I hope that Hariri and Jumblatt both have good security plans.

Also, I want to respond to that quote by the General of Lebanon's army - that it's a civil war that the army can't "take part in." That's because the General is in the pocket of Iran and Syria - this is the bag of shit that was hand picked by Hezbollah to be the next President! This guy's reference to this being a "civil war" when it's obvious that it is a coup attempt by Hezbollah is reminiscient of Harry Reid STILL talking about a civil war in Iraq when the efforts of over 10,000 al Qaeda in Iraq were as obvious as the nose on his face. At the same time, Gen. Suleiman sure didn't have any trouble getting the Lebanese army taking part in the blitzkreig on SUNNI fighters in the camps in northern Lebanon last year.

If the West doesn't step up the support of these anti-Syrian leaders in Lebanon, they are going to be fragments of a car bombing and all will be lost in Lebanon.

Hariri vows March 14 leaders 'will not surrender'

Fighting between Hizbullah and its allies and mostly Sunni and Druze pro-government loyalists since Wednesday has killed at least 62 people, in the worst internal unrest since the 1975-1990 Civil War.
The clashes erupted after the government ordered a probe into the telecommunications network of Hizbullah and the sacking of Beirut airport's security chief over his suspected links to the Shiite group.
Hizbullah, which seized control of mostly Muslim western Beirut on Friday before handing it over to the army, has accused the government of declaring a war against it and demanded that the decisions be revoked.
Hariri emphasized that the fundamental issues to be discussed during future dialogue meetings were national security and strengthening the state.
"This is sedition," he said. "What did they mean or achieve by raising pictures of [Syrian President] Bashar Al-Assad inside of our offices?"
Hariri also denied the government's responsibility for the crisis, and reiterated that the government's decisions on Hizbullah's communications network and the transfer of Wafiq Choucair from his post as head of airport security were in the hands of the LAF.
"The civil disobedience campaign will only end when Prime Minister Fouad Siniora officially rescinds his decisions and when his camp returns to the negotiating table," an official with Hizbullah ally Amal told AFP.
Hizbullah and Amal have said that the only way to solve 18 months of deadlock that has prevented the election of a president is through dialogue.
In the news conference on Tuesday, Hariri said: "A civil war needs two sides, and that is why we will not head for civil war ... The government made two decisions for the sake of Lebanon, and it was not an attack on Hizbullah."
Hariri also welcomed Wednesday's scheduled arrival of an Arab League delegation in Beirut, saying they had "always tried to save Lebanon from the tragedies of the Syrian and Iranian regimes."
Also Tuesday, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal held a press conference in Riyadh, calling on all Lebanese to respond to the efforts of the Arab mediation team.