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| Kerry Urges Preventing Hizbullah from Determining Lebanon's Future |
| 2013-11-05 |
| [An Nahar] The United States expressed on Monday its rejection of allowing Hizbullah to determine the future of Leb. U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... said at a presser he held in Riyadh that his talks with Saudi officials discussed the importance of not allowing Hizbullah to dominate Leb. "The party should not be allowed to determine the future of Leb," Kerry said after meeting with his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud al-Faisal. On Monday evening, caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour slammed Kerry's statement as foreign intervention, stressing that "only the Lebanese people" determine their country's future. "Foreign dictations do not serve Leb's interests but they negatively affect its security," Mansour told al-Mayadeen television. "The Lebanese determine their future, not foreign powers," he added. Kerry also stressed at the presser that Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... is a "strategic and enduring ally of the United States." "We have strong relations with the Kingdom," he stated, amid reports of Saudi anger over U.S. policy in the region, specifically regarding the Syrian crisis. The U.S. top diplomat's visit to Saudi Arabia comes days before President 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... is expected to hold talks in the kingdom. Suleiman's anticipated visit was recently postponed for the second time, after it had been scheduled to take place at the end of September. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Welcome to the 1980's, Jaaawhn. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-11-05 18:43 |
| #3 Cajun lawuyers... sheesh. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-11-05 17:28 |
| #2 One man's schizophrenia is another man's nuance. |
| Posted by: Matt 2013-11-05 17:15 |
| #1 Considering the US ambassador to Leb's remarks to the contrary, apparently State is having a schizophrenic moment. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-11-05 11:00 |