Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's acting foreign minister, arrives in Damascus on Sunday for talks with Syrian officials
Okay, for those of you who don't think the current situation in Lebanon is a crisis - think again. I'm telling you, this is setting itself up as a nightmare for Israel and quite frankly, for the entire world. The Iranian foreign minister has flown into Damascus, Syria to openly speak with Syrian President Assad about the plans for Lebanon. Think about it for a minute - Hezbollah sets itself up as the governing body of Lebanon, they open their borders to strategic missiles from Syria and potentially nuclear weapons from Iran...we are talking about the most serious threat to Israel in its history.
Imagine, if you will, Iranian Revolutionary Guard sitting in Beirut - training the Lebanese army. I'm telling you, this is madness.
From the report at The Telegraph:
Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's acting foreign minister, flew to Syria to meet Bashar al-Assad, the president. It was officially acknowledged that the two were discussing Lebanon as their protégé, the militant and political group Hizbollah, grows more confident that it will be able to name the next prime minister.
Hizbollah and its allies this month forced the collapse of the government led by Saad Hariri, the pro-Western Sunni prime minister, after their ministers resigned from the coalition cabinet. The group, which is classed as a terrorist organisation by the US, has been locked in a standoff with Mr Hariri over a UN-backed investigation into the 2005 assassination of his father, the former premier Rafiq Hariri.
Hizbollah's growing clout was on show as its leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered a television address last night. He appears increasingly confident that Hizbollah would soon gain the parliamentary numbers needed to name a new prime minister of its choosing. At the end of last week Hizbollah gained the vital backing of Walid Jumblatt, the leader of Lebanon's Druze minority.
Where in the sam hell is the action from the White House and other western leaders? Are you trying to tell me that the United States of America is going to sit with its thumbs up its ass while Israel's pair of biggest enemies plot the takeover of Israel's neighbor? Where is the call from members of Congress for immediate action to intercede in this?
As you can tell, I'm hot. Call me overly dramatic if you wish, but if this turns out as badly as it appears it will, we will log this in as one of the most pivotal times in modern history - this will create hell on earth in the Middle East and we all know it will affect every corner of the globe.
Iran and Syria use Hizbollah to seize influence over Lebanon
Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's acting foreign minister, flew to Syria to meet Bashar al-Assad, the president. It was officially acknowledged that the two were discussing Lebanon as their protégé, the militant and political group Hizbollah, grows more confident that it will be able to name the next prime minister.
Hizbollah and its allies this month forced the collapse of the government led by Saad Hariri, the pro-Western Sunni prime minister, after their ministers resigned from the coalition cabinet. The group, which is classed as a terrorist organisation by the US, has been locked in a standoff with Mr Hariri over a UN-backed investigation into the 2005 assassination of his father, the former premier Rafiq Hariri.
Hizbollah's growing clout was on show as its leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered a television address last night. He appears increasingly confident that Hizbollah would soon gain the parliamentary numbers needed to name a new prime minister of its choosing. At the end of last week Hizbollah gained the vital backing of Walid Jumblatt, the leader of Lebanon's Druze minority.
Talks on appointing a new premier are to start within days and Hizbollah is hoping to complete its rout of Mr Hariri by seeking to push a more pliant candidate – possibly Omar Karami, a pro-Syrian veteran of Lebanese politics. Mr Karami is a former prime minister who was forced from office during the Cedar Revolution of 2005.
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It's a poor return for all that Israel has done for us.
Holger, is hizballah a predominently shi'a group?
I remind myself to be thankful for the relative peace we have enjoyed as a nation throughout my life.
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