Lies and Lebanon
The same day that Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora lies in the op-ed pages of the New York Times about how the Arabs don’t want to destroy Israel, Hassan Nasrallah comes out and says the Arabs shouldn’t make peace with Israel.
Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah accused the Arab world of running to Israel’s rescue following its “defeat” at the hands of his group in last summer’s war by renewing a land-for-peace offer to the Jewish State.
“I tell the Arab world, ‘Israel is spread out before you. You are welcome to learn its strengths and weaknesses.’ But at a time when Israel is so weak, the Arabs are renewing the Arab Peace Initiative in order to save (Prime Minister Ehud) Olmert,” Nasrallah said.
That would be the leader of the group that is in violation of UN Resolution 1701. Siniora is all about obeying UN Resolutions, so long as they’re regarding, oh, Israel.
Like the Israelis, the Arab people have legitimate security concerns, as evidenced by what Lebanon endured last summer. So often we have seen parties to the conflict use force in the name of self-defense and security, only to further aggravate the situation and compromise the very security they seek. These escalations also occur because there has never been full compliance with international law.
You mean like compliance with UNSC 1701, which demands the disarming of “all armed groups in Lebanon”? The one that your very own president said doesn’t apply to Lebanon?
Double standards? Yeah, we’ve got that.
