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| Nasrallah stands firm behind Syria |
| 2011-05-26 |
| Well behind Syria... BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group stood firmly behind his allies in Syria on Wednesday in his first comments on the country’s uprising, saying that toppling the Damascus regime would serve only U.S. and Israeli interests. Hezbollah has much to lose if Syrian President Bashar Assad is deposed. Besides receiving money from Syria, Hezbollah also is believed to receive Iranian weapons shipments through the country. And Nastie hides in Damascus... “Overthrowing the regime in Syria is in the American and Israeli interest,” Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech marking “Liberation Day,” which celebrates the withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon in 2000 after 18 years of occupation. “They want to overthrow the regime and replace it with a moderate regime.” Thanks for the confession that the current regime in Damascus isn't 'moderate'... While praising uprisings that toppled longtime dictators in Egypt and Tunisia, Nasrallah urged the Syrian people to “protect their country” and give a chance for the Syrian leadership to implement reforms. Yeah, you rubes should defend Pencilneck to the last drops of your blood... “We are worried about what is being plotted for the regime in Syria and the Syrian people,” Nasrallah said, echoing Assad’s claims that the events in Syria were a foreign conspiracy aimed at weakening the country’s leadership. “We should all cooperate so that Syria may emerge strong and immune,” he said. “President Bashar Assad believes in reform and is serious and ready to go a long way toward reforms, but in a calm and responsible manner,” he said. "It'll take time. Maybe a hundred years. That's calm and responsible!" Nasrallah also lashed out at President Barack Obama for a speech he gave to the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC on Wednesday and said Obama and Israel have the same goals. Nasrallah said Obama and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu have dealt a “mortal blow” to the peace process. He said the only way to liberate Israeli-occupied Arab land was through armed resistance, and referred to possible future marches toward Israeli borders. By someone else. But he'll eat a goat in their honor... |
| Posted by:Steve White |