Hassan Nasrallah, the chipmunk-cheeked leader of the terrorist organization that murdered more Americans than any other until 9/11, admitted that he screwed up last summer:
Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah once again admitted that he erred in his management of the conflict against Israel leading up to the recent war in Lebanon .
Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rai al-Aam reported Saturday that during a meeting with an Egyptian researcher, Nasrallah said, “We may have erred in our judgment, but only God doesn’t make mistakes. We have already apologized to the Lebanese people, and we paid a heavy price in blood. In spite of this, we wouldn’t hesitate to sacrifice our sons for our cause.
He also said that Iran aids Hezbullah, and the aid comes through Syria. That aid, of course, would be weapons. Syria, I might add, is the nation that the Baker Commission wants Israel to talk to with no preconditions—such as stopping the rearming of Hezbullah.
The researcher, chairman of the Ibn Khaldun center for strategic research in Egypt, Saad a-Din Ibrahim, told the newspaper that during his conversation with Nasrallah, the Hizbullah leader admitted that his group received military and financial aid from Iran.
“Iran helps us out of religious solidarity and ethnic identification,†Nasrallah explained. “The aid comes through Syria and everyone knows it. Hizbullah is strengthened by this aid, and will also welcome any similar aid from any Arab or Islamic source, such as Egypt or Saudi Arabia,†he added.
Everyone but the commander of the UN peacekeeping mission charged with preventing those arms from reaching Hezbullah, that is. It’s good to know that the UN is keeping up its history of ignoring, or actively aiding, Hezbullah in the murder of Israelis.
“That aid, of course, would be weapons.”
Not only that – also the greenbacks paid out to the participants of ongoing “spontaneous” anti-government demos and riots on the streets of Beirut. But everything for a cause, of course, and the cause is clear – to get Hezbollah to dominate the government.
And how many of the dollars were real?
I rememember the images of crisp $100.00 bills being doled out, I guess it would have been too much for our crack reporters to obtain one and have it analyzed for authenticity.
Actually, bills are only as good as the people are willing to accept. As long as the Lebanese keep them circulating among themselves (and never try to cash them at a legitimate bank) they are just as “good” as whatever script the terrorists would print for themselves.
The only thing that prevents counterfeits from circulating and being as good as “real” bills is that people refuse (if they can) to accept them in payment.
It is the same as any check one of us may write.
“We paid a heavy price in blood.”
That’s curious, because at the time they insisted all the casualties were innocent civilians.