Posted on 11/08/2006 7:29:31 AM PST by FreedomNeocon
Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah: When We Were Young, I cannot Forget the Sight of American Forces leaving Vietnam, and the Americans Abandoning their Vietnamese Allies, I Anticipate the Same for our Region
Following are excerpts from an interview with Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on October 31, 2006.
Hassan Nasrallah: We consider the resistance in Iraq, or in any occupied country - and there is no doubt that Iraq is an occupied country – to be legitimate resistance, which is justified and appropriate. This is the appropriate course, which may lead to the liberation of Iraq, and we support and endorse this resistance. But we definitely distinguish between military operations that target the occupation forces and the operations, which we term "criminal," that target innocent Iraqi people, and that shed blood under illegitimate slogans.
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When I talk about an [American] failure, I'm not saying that the Americans' plan for the region has collapsed, and that they are packing up their things and leaving, like what happened in the final days in Vietnam. But I would like to tell you clearly... I am one of those people who see a very clear picture. In our childhood... When we were young boys... I cannot forget the sight of the American forces leaving Vietnam in helicopters, which carried their officers and soldiers. Some Vietnamese, who had fought alongside the Americans, tried to climb into these helicopters, but the [Americans] threw them to the ground, abandoned them, and left. This is the sight I anticipate in our region, but I am not saying it will happen in months. It will take years. The Americans will gather their belongings and leave this region - the entire region. They have no future whatsoever in our region. They will leave the Middle East, and the Arab and Islamic worlds, like they left Vietnam. I advise all those who place their trust in the Americans to learn the lesson of Vietnam, and to learn the lesson of the South Lebanese Army with the Israelis, and to know that when the Americans lose this war – and lose it they will, Allah willing - they will abandon them to their fate, just like they did to all those who placed their trust in them throughout history.
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When I spoke at the rally on Friday, and said we have 20,000 missiles, they began saying: "There is chaos on the borders, and they can bring missiles in." This is not true. When I said that the resistance had more than 13,000 missiles, it, in fact, had more than 33,000 missiles. Now, when I talk about 20,000... For six years, we were preparing... or rather, anticipating a war some day - a vicious, large-scale, and dangerous war, knowing that the Israeli enemy would not keep silent after its defeat in 2000, and that the Israeli enemy would never accept an honorable, loyal, and serious Arab Lebanese resistance force as its neighbor in Lebanon. It was planning a war some day, and we were prepared for it. Now, we still possess what we had in the past. We were ready to fight for a long period of time, and we took into consideration the possibility of a siege by land, sea, and air.
Kerry was wrong. The uneducated are not stuck in Iraq. Instead, they voted for Democrats yesterday. (new temporary tagline)
I've said for a few years that I agree with the Dims on this point. Bring the troops home. If we are not going to support them....bring them home!
Then pass a resolution that only when 1% ( 3 million ) of the American populace is dead from terrorist attacks can we even BEGIN a debate on war. It is absolutely immoral to send soldiers to fight a war and not support them.
The the baby boomers, gen Xers, and company are NOT the greatest generation.
We are cowards.
Nice picture, Huh? I guess the Dems think this will make the world love us more
Yes, I guess the American voters showed last night they are no better than the Spaniards - and for much lesser cause.
But a lot also hung on incredible, inexplicable Republican stupidity and immorality - Foley and Hastert for instance.
Also, the Dems picked up TWO Congressional seat in Pensylvania last night - one from a long term congressman sho had a scandalous relationship with a mistress, and another from a woman named Pagett. It seems the Republican candidate in that district was indicted for some offense and stood down. The Repubs replaced him with Pagett, a state legiuslator who HAD JUST FILED BANKRUPTCY!!! Stupid, or what??
Arizona voted 2 to 1 for a lesbian Clintonista govenor over a conservative christian .....Merry Christmas
Looks like it sucks all over.
Maybe when the Muslims are actually in our backyards slaughtering pigs and dogs, sewing crosses and stars of David on our clothes, closing our synagogues and churchs and building a mosque over the rubble of the White House
(Mohammad landed there on his magic horse after he left Jerusalem) we'll finally wise up. By then, it will be all over though.
Maybe, or maybe they'll be the ones to experience "insurgent warfare" It's almost an American invention, it's also the reason for the Second Amendment. Of course by that time it will long since be null and void, but there will be lots of cached weapons around.
Turn about is fair play.
Dumbasses.
Hopefully it fell back down on top of them.
During the first Gulf War, IIRC, we encouraged an uprising in Iraq and said we would suppport it but we didn't. Many Iraqis were tortured and killed because they trusted us. Looks like it's going to happen again. I feel like someone has punched me in the gut. I've felt that way all day.
Carolyn
bttt
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