Lebanese Talks End, Agreement Gives Hezbollah Veto Power

This is simply, a disaster. I'm not sure this is any better than if Hezbollah had taken total control of the Lebanese government by force - at least in that action, those in the West would have had a military option to reverse that. But in the Lebanese talks held in Qatar, the government of Lebanon appeased the Iranian-led Hezbollah, more accurately they bent over and took it hard. Hezbollah now holds a veto , a UNILATERAL veto, over all government decisions.

Here's some of the article here over at the Telegraph:

Iran's influence across the Middle East was strengthened today when its close ally, Hizbollah, greatly increased its political power in Lebanon by winning a veto over all government decisions.

Crucially, under the deal announced in the Qatari capital of Doha the issue of disarming all Lebanese militia, including Hizbollah, was postponed.


Saad Hariri, leader of the parliamentary majority, announced in Doha: “We made this agreement, although we are deeply wounded”.

So there we have it...just another example of the Iranians winning in the world and the rest of us sitting around with egg on our faces. The article goes on to say that the Lebanese government will get a new leader within six months but with this agreement now in place, that obviously means that Hezbollah has the right to refuse anyone they do not like - so why don't they just make Ahmadinejad the leader of Lebanon?

Terrorism in this world has just taken over the government of an entire country folks. We have witnessed how a terrorist group, namely Hezbollah, has successfully used violence and subversion to take legitimate power over a country. This event will be held up by all terrorists across the world as the shining star, the template of what they hope to accomplish in their own jihads.

Hizbollah's Lebanon veto power boosts Iran's Middle East influence

The concession to the radical Shia group, agreed after a week of crisis talks hosted by Qatar under the auspices of the Arab League, opens the way to an end to a crisis that has crippled national level decision-making in Lebanon for over a year.
It also lifts the threat of imminent civil war that has hung over the country since Hizbollah gunmen fought pitch battles with rival groups in Beirut earlier this month.
But while a few volleys of celebratory gunfire were heard in the city after the deal was announced, there are fears that Tehran will exploit the development to foment trouble in the Levant region.

Crucially, under the deal announced in the Qatari capital of Doha the issue of disarming all Lebanese militia, including Hizbollah, was postponed.
Until armed groups like Hizbollah lose their military might and thereby entrench the Lebanese army as the solitary guarantor of power in the country, the threat of violence and chaos in Lebanon remains a real one.
The deal represented a major setback for the anti-Hizbollah parties that constitute the largest bloc in the Lebanese parliament.
Their parliamentary power had been shown to count for little when well-armed and well-trained Hizbollah gunmen took over Beirut's major highways and airport earlier this month, effectively taking control of the city.
Saad Hariri, leader of the parliamentary majority, announced in Doha: “We made this agreement, although we are deeply wounded”.
He sought to present the concession in the most favourable light possible, saying it represented a “new page for Lebanon”.