Britain Embarrasses Itself Once Again, Open To Talks With Hezbollah

And you don't think a change in Prime Minister means anything? Like we in the U.S. are finding out that a change in President can bring worse news than we ever expected, the British are finding that their newer government is taking positions that would embarrass most Brits with any grasp of the war on terror. The latest? Britain has reevaluated its stance with Hezbollah and has decided to open talks with the bloodthirsty gang of terrorist scum. Here's some of the report from Yahoo News:

The British government is open to talks with the political wing of Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah, a minister said on Wednesday.
"We have reconsidered the position ... in light of more positive developments within Lebanon," Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell told a parliamentary committee. "For that reason we have explored establishing contacts."
He said he was referring to the formation in July last year of a unity government in which Hezbollah and its allies hold effective veto power, as agreed under a deal that ended a paralyzing political conflict in the country.
"We will look to have further discussions and our overriding objective within that is to press Hezbollah to play a more constructive role, particularly to move away from violence," Rammell said.
A Foreign Office spokesman said the British government was exploring contacts only with Hezbollah's political wing.
Britain said last July it was adding the military arm of Hezbollah to its list of banned organizations.

Did you see that last line? Just last July, Britain added Hezbollah's military arm to its list of terrorist organization and now, just eight months later, they are willing to sit down and talk with the political wing of Hezbollah. Like there is this HUGE division between Hezbollah's politcal and military wings! This is ridiculous - Hezbollah just a matter of a few years ago kidnaps two Israeli soldiers and starts a Middle East war because of that....then Hezbollah tortures and kills those two IDF soldiers and these are the people that the Brits see fit to cozy up to?

Have the Brits forgot the terror warnings this past summer in Europe when Hezbollah was on the rampage to assassinate Israelis in Europe in revenge for the death of Mughniyeh? Just because Hezbollah wormed their way into the political workings of the Lebanese government doesn't mean they all of a sudden are some civil political faction - Hezbollah is the angry step child of the kooks in Iran and this will come back to bite Britain in the ass. Big time.

Britain says open to talks with Lebanon's Hezbollah

He said he was referring to the formation in July last year of a unity government in which Hezbollah and its allies hold effective veto power, as agreed under a deal that ended a paralyzing political conflict in the country.
"We will look to have further discussions and our overriding objective within that is to press Hezbollah to play a more constructive role, particularly to move away from violence," Rammell said.
A Foreign Office spokesman said the British government was exploring contacts only with Hezbollah's political wing.
Britain said last July it was adding the military arm of Hezbollah to its list of banned organizations.
Hezbollah comprises guerrilla fighters, members of parliament, social, medical and reconstruction. It is highly centralized and all members undergo military training.
Previous British policy since 2005 had been to shun contact with either arm of the movement, the spokesman said.
Rammell said a delegation of British opposition Conservative legislators held talks recently with a Lebanese parliamentary committee that included one Hezbollah member.
The spokesman said the British ambassador to Lebanon was present at that meeting.
The move could also be significant because Britain, the United States and other powers are locked in a dispute with Iran, Hezbollah's backers, over its nuclear program.
The powers accuse Tehran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, while Iran says it only wants nuclear energy.
Lebanon is due to hold parliamentary polls in June which are expected to be a tight contest between anti-Syrian factions and a Hezbollah-led alliance.