... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies...
addresses possibility that Syrian conflict will develop into fighting in Golan Heights, says 'if needed we are willing to help.' As for Israeli response, 'we have the power to deal with any foolish act on Israel's part,' he clarifies.
After the stray bullets from Syria turned into intentional fire, and while Israel is increasing its alert level, Hezbollah's deputy leader appears to be fanning the flames.
"Opening the Golan front is a serious matter on the part of the Syrian president, and what is left is the performance on the practical level," Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said Friday in an interview to Lebanese channel al-Mayadeen, which is affiliated with the Shiite group.
"Syria has its own abilities, but if needed we are willing to help," he clarified.
"Syria is the one which must open the Golan front," Qassem added. "It does not need us in the picture because it has its own abilities," he said, but clarified that his organization was willing to help Damascus if asked.
"And it is none of our business whether (Hezbollah's help) will serve as a provocation against Israel or not. If Israel is convinced that it needs a war and achievement, it will make that decision. We have the power to deal with any foolish act on Israel's part."
Earlier Friday, the United States expressed "deep concern" about the situation in Leb, warning that Hezbollah leaders' decision to escalate the group's role in the fighting in Syria "violates and undermines Leb's dissociation policy and risks dragging Leb into a foreign conflict."
US President Barack Obama
I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money...
harshly criticized Hezbollah's activity in a speech he delivered Thursday about his government's policy on the war on global terror.
Several days ago, Obama spoke to his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman
...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too...
and encouraged him to maintain Leb's independent, promising American aid to fulfill that independence.
On Friday, Suleiman called on Hezbollah to be cautious in its massive involvement in the fighting alongside Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now...
's forces in Damascus, saying the powerful Shiite group might get bogged down in the Syrian conflict.
"Resistance is important," Suleiman said, referring to Hezbollah's struggle against Israel, "but Hezbollah must not get bogged down in Syria."