Lebanese Christian Leader Throws Caution To the Wind, Takes On Hezbollah

You gotta give this guy, Nadim Gemayel, a lot of credit for having a set, since as a Lebanese Christian and member of the Lebanese Parliament, he has decided to take on the terror group, Hezbollah. Hezbollah, as we know has made huge inroads into the governmental setting of Lebanon recently whereas before, they were simply on the fringe and tried to keep in the good graces of the Lebanese government. But that has all changed and Hezbollah now is actually involved, to some extent, in setting governmental policy in the country.

But Nadim Gemayel knows Hezbollah well and being a Christian, I'm sure he has personal experiences with the hatred and violence of the islamic terror group.

From the article at Family Security Matters:

"Hezbollah is a very dangerous party because they are trying to impose to Lebanon their policy and their vision of jihad and martyrdom," said Nadim Gemayel, member of the Lebanon Parliament. "And this is unacceptable."

Gemayel has called for Hezbollah to disarm. He told CBN News in an exclusive interview that the Shiite terror militia has hijacked his country.

"It's abiding to the rules of the Iranian revolution," Gemayel said of the gorup. "But moreover, I think that with the support, of course, of the Iranian arms and the money and the financing of the Iranians and from the facilities that Syria is providing to Hezbollah, we are having a party -- a military party -- growing day after day and year after year -- especially after the war of 2006."

Now, Mr. Gemayel's probability of getting Hezbollah disarmed are probably slim to none...that is unless Israel finally decides to put Hezbollah under a foot of wreckage (pardon me while I stare off into space and dream of it for a bit). But it's encouraging to see someone in Lebanon standing up and pointing out the absurdity of this terror organization's role in the Lebanese government. Gemayel is not a dumb man - he realizes that at this point, an act by Hezbollah will be viewed by the Israelis as an act by the Lebanese in general - that it would be sanctioned by the Lebanese army. And what that means is a whole different approach by the Israelis to war in Lebanon - IAF bombs don't HAVE to be restricted to the southern part of the country as that is the stronghold of Hezbollah and Gemayel sees the chance that Lebanese Christians and others could feel the pain of war.

But hey, Lebanon made their bed, they let Hezbollah into that bed and now they get to deal with the fleas and the incoming JDAM's.

Lebanese Christian Leader Takes on Hezbollah


President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism advisor John Brennan created a stir recently when he talked of building up the "more moderate elements" of the terrorist group Hezbollah.

But in response to such an idea, one Christian member of Lebanon's Parliament said, "Good luck with that."

"Hezbollah is a very dangerous party because they are trying to impose to Lebanon their policy and their vision of jihad and martyrdom," said Nadim Gemayel, member of the Lebanon Parliament. "And this is unacceptable."

Gemayel has called for Hezbollah to disarm. He told CBN News in an exclusive interview that the Shiite terror militia has hijacked his country.

"It's abiding to the rules of the Iranian revolution," Gemayel said of the gorup. "But moreover, I think that with the support, of course, of the Iranian arms and the money and the financing of the Iranians and from the facilities that Syria is providing to Hezbollah, we are having a party -- a military party -- growing day after day and year after year -- especially after the war of 2006."

In that war, Israel heavily damaged Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Lebanon after the group kidnapped two Israeli soldiers.

Hezbollah has been able to regroup -- to the tune of some 60,000 rockets and long range missiles. Israeli officials believe that those rockets and missiles are aimed at their country from across the Lebanese border.

Gemayel said Hezbollah sponsors, Iran and Syria, are funneling the weapons into his country. He told CBN News that most Lebanese are afraid of the terrorist group and its Iranian influence in their country.

"Today, I think that most of the Lebanese, of course, are afraid," Gemayel said. "And maybe some of them cannot say clearly and openly what I am saying today: and that is Hezbollah is threatening them."

Speaking out like this can be deadly. Gemayel's father, former Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel, was assassinated by Syrian operatives in 1982. His cousin Pierre was also murdered in 2006.

CBN News asked Gemayal that as a bold, Christian voice in Lebanon, if he ever feared for his own safety.

"I think that this battle -- the battle of freedom, the battle of democracy, and especially the battle of preserving the role and existence of the Christians in Lebanon is very, very important." he responded.

"And it's worth giving all that I have in order to preserve the civilization and the culture and the role of Christians in Lebanon."