Chutzpah!
While our soldiers are facing a fierce battle in the North and defending the very existence of the Republic, some, closer to the Capital, have found nothing better to do in these hard times except trying to score cheap points against the majority and the government. Talk about priorities! Solidarity in times of hardships? What an old fashioned concept!
And so, after planting bombs in its own regions, assassinating its own leaders, financing and arming Sunni extremists, March 14 is now out to get the Army. It seems this whole thing up there in the North is just a conspiracy to get rid of the Army, which stands in the way of implementing the “plan”.
March 14 is not capable to convene the parliament, to pass a law or to hold elections. March 14 is unable to replace a fallen minister, is absolutely helpless when it comes to monitoring the borders, barely has the guts to take decisions in a reduced yet perfectly legal government. But, it seems it has the ability to create, fund and arm extremist Sunni groups, dismantle the army, disarm Hezbollah and defeat Shiite insurgency in the Arab world as a prelude to attacking Iran in an effort to prevent it from acquiring the nuclear jewel. It turned out, this is all a conspiracy against the Resistance!
The whole story started with an article published in the New Yorker by Seymour Hersh last February and quickly spread through newspapers and TV channels that are close to the opposition. Not only Hersh doesn’t provide any proof to back up his claims, but the whole article is based on “unidentified sources”. We are kindly requested to trust Hersh on this one. No need, at this point, to go over the article and deconstruct his theory and speculations. Others have done a good job. What is surprising, if we are to follow that logic, is the position of the opposition parties regarding the current conflict. Logically, we should see them offering an unconditional support to the army in its mission to eradicate Fatah Al-Islam. However, with the exception of the FPM, they are the ones that are most reluctant to the total destruction of the radical Sunni group and are the most hesitant when it comes to supporting the army. Coherence, it seems, is not a main concern when building conspiracy theories.
The silence of Hezbollah in particular, during the past week has been deafening. On the 1st day of the clashes, not a word was heard from the divine party, until they conveniently released a statement right before the end of the extraordinary Cabinet meeting, urging the Army not to escalate. In other words, they refused to cover the Army in case it decided it was necessary to attack the camp of Nahr el Bared which harbors the terrorists. Knowing perfectly well that invading a Palestinian camp requires unanimity among the main Lebanese factions, Hezbollah has deliberately pulled back the Shiite cover and in doing so, it has put the lives of our soldiers in danger.
If there was any misconception about that, Hezbollah took real good care to dissipate it through a televised speech by its Secretary General on Friday, once again on the eve of an important operation against the terrorists hiding in the camp. After blaming the government and the army of harming the tourist season by initiating the attacks, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah reiterated his opposition to invading or even attacking the camp. “The camp is a red line”, he said. A terrorist attack against civilians (Ain Alaq), a bank robbery in Amioun and the massacre of tens of helpless soldiers, many of them during their sleep, are apparently not enough to initiate a response from the Army.
The only solution according to Hezbollah’s leader is a political solution through negotiations with the terrorists. Nasrallah has just asked the army to turn the other cheek, with all the danger to the credibility of the State and to the deterrent power of the Army that would arise from such a humiliation.
And so, after planting bombs in its own regions, assassinating its own leaders, financing and arming Sunni extremists, March 14 is now out to get the Army. It seems this whole thing up there in the North is just a conspiracy to get rid of the Army, which stands in the way of implementing the “plan”.
March 14 is not capable to convene the parliament, to pass a law or to hold elections. March 14 is unable to replace a fallen minister, is absolutely helpless when it comes to monitoring the borders, barely has the guts to take decisions in a reduced yet perfectly legal government. But, it seems it has the ability to create, fund and arm extremist Sunni groups, dismantle the army, disarm Hezbollah and defeat Shiite insurgency in the Arab world as a prelude to attacking Iran in an effort to prevent it from acquiring the nuclear jewel. It turned out, this is all a conspiracy against the Resistance!
The whole story started with an article published in the New Yorker by Seymour Hersh last February and quickly spread through newspapers and TV channels that are close to the opposition. Not only Hersh doesn’t provide any proof to back up his claims, but the whole article is based on “unidentified sources”. We are kindly requested to trust Hersh on this one. No need, at this point, to go over the article and deconstruct his theory and speculations. Others have done a good job. What is surprising, if we are to follow that logic, is the position of the opposition parties regarding the current conflict. Logically, we should see them offering an unconditional support to the army in its mission to eradicate Fatah Al-Islam. However, with the exception of the FPM, they are the ones that are most reluctant to the total destruction of the radical Sunni group and are the most hesitant when it comes to supporting the army. Coherence, it seems, is not a main concern when building conspiracy theories.
The silence of Hezbollah in particular, during the past week has been deafening. On the 1st day of the clashes, not a word was heard from the divine party, until they conveniently released a statement right before the end of the extraordinary Cabinet meeting, urging the Army not to escalate. In other words, they refused to cover the Army in case it decided it was necessary to attack the camp of Nahr el Bared which harbors the terrorists. Knowing perfectly well that invading a Palestinian camp requires unanimity among the main Lebanese factions, Hezbollah has deliberately pulled back the Shiite cover and in doing so, it has put the lives of our soldiers in danger.
If there was any misconception about that, Hezbollah took real good care to dissipate it through a televised speech by its Secretary General on Friday, once again on the eve of an important operation against the terrorists hiding in the camp. After blaming the government and the army of harming the tourist season by initiating the attacks, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah reiterated his opposition to invading or even attacking the camp. “The camp is a red line”, he said. A terrorist attack against civilians (Ain Alaq), a bank robbery in Amioun and the massacre of tens of helpless soldiers, many of them during their sleep, are apparently not enough to initiate a response from the Army.
The only solution according to Hezbollah’s leader is a political solution through negotiations with the terrorists. Nasrallah has just asked the army to turn the other cheek, with all the danger to the credibility of the State and to the deterrent power of the Army that would arise from such a humiliation.
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