On the future of Hizbollah: "Everybody would want a solution here which takes away the recruiting power of Hizbollah in the broader Arab world."
"That is one which addresses the territorial issue of the Sheba farms, which in a broader way addresses Lebanon’s sovereignty and integrity in a way that allows Hizbollah a political as against a militia future inside an independent Lebanon."
"If those issues can be addressed, then the support for a militarised Hizbollah falls away. But the idea that there is a peace which either Hizbollah would respect, or which would draw the wind out of Hizbollah’s sails which doesn’t address those political things is I think far-fetched."
"Over time there’s got to be a similar future as there have been for other terrorist fighters; a settlement which addresses the political issues of their cause as well as the military ones. Which secures disarmament and reintegration into a non violent political process."
"Hizbollah now is the principle voice of Shia Muslims in Lebanon – something like 40 per cent of the population – that gives them immense power as a political party if they were to forsake the military route."
BTW, Sheba farms was SYRIAN territory CAPTURED by Israel in the 6 Day War.
It aint Lebanese territory. But the UN putzes insist Israel continue to chop off its limbs to satisfy the Islamofascists who in the words of Alan Dershowitz would still want israel detroyed if it was the "size of a postage stamp".
Lord Halifax felt the same way about Goebbels and Ribbentrop... until they made him and Chamberlain fools on the world stage. Their 'foolishness' would later be paid in the lives of countless millions.