Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
chief Jebran Bassil has marked 40 days since Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed
...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged...
His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
...The late, lamented satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...>
by publishing a eulogy and political statement in al-Akhbar newspaper.
Lamenting that he ''lost a friend who will not be repeated,'' Bassil noted that only ex-president, FPM founder and his father-in-law General Michel Aoun
...former president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
was dearer than Nasrallah to his heart.
''You wanted to avoid war and you believed in your ability to avert it through the deterrence equation, but it chased you and targeted you. You wanted to liberate Jerusalem, betting on the unity of arenas for that, but the capabilities of the Axis (of Resistance®) were smaller than your will,'' Bassil added, addressing Nasrallah.
| Much, much smaller. |
will remain in our conscience and Israel's occupation of it will remain impossible. But we want to be frank with you as we have always been: that can no longer be achieved without a strong and just state that can lead a defense strategy that preserves all the elements of strength,'' Bassil went on to say.
"Yadda yadda yadda" he added