Iraq war will finish U.S. as superpower-Hizbollah

Reuters ^

[RCW2001]

22 October 2002 17:42

BEIRUT, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Hizbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday that a U.S. war on Iraq would be the beginning of the end for Washington's role as a superpower.

"The beginning of the American and Israeli attack on our region means the end of U.S. control over the world, because it will open on itself an unequal field of confrontation," the guerrilla group's leader told a religious ceremony in Beirut.

"The United States of America...knows that if it brings its armies to Iraq and to all the countries of the region, it won't be able to stay long."

U.S. President George W. Bush, who has threatened to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein rather than allow him to have weapons of mass destruction, said on Monday he hoped Iraq could be disarmed peacefully and he would give diplomacy one more try.

Nasrallah, whoseShi'ite Muslim group helped expel Israel from south Lebanon in 2000 after a 22-year occupation, suggested Washington and its ally Israel had deceived themselves into thinking they would dominate the region with an Iraq strike.

"The American administration must understand, and Israel must understand...that these (Arab and Islamic) people are not Red Indians, whom it can wipe out, eliminate or isolate in the deserts and mountains," he said. ((Beirut newsroom, tel +9611 983 885, fax +9611 983 889, beirut.newsroom@reuters.com))

[My2Cents]

HAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! These Islamists...what a bunch of cards.

[Dog Gone]

Blah, blah, blah. They dusted off their press releases they used before we entered Afghanistan...

[CaptRon]

"The United States of America...knows that if it brings its armies to Iraq and to all the countries of the region, it won't be able to stay long."

We won't need to, Abdul.

[mhking]

Hizbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday that a U.S. war on Iraq would be the beginning of the end for Washington's role as a superpower.

Stupid. Simply stupid.

[Mr. Mojo]

The Hizbollah vermin (in So. Lebanon) will be one of the first casualties of this war. Israel will take them all out in less than a day.

[denydenydeny]

"The American administration must understand, and Israel must understand...that these (Arab and Islamic) people are not Red Indians, whom it can wipe out, eliminate or isolate in the deserts and mountains," he said.

I think this means that they want casinos too.

[lawdude]

That's a chance I am willing to take. How 'bout you folks???

[MichaelP]

what a bunch of cards

Tarot cards?

Mike

[LRS]

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[Ruth A.]

In other words, this is the mother-in-law of all wars?

[LouD]

whoseShi'ite Muslim group helped expel Israel from south Lebanon in 2000

Holy revisionist history Batman!

[rickmichaels]

Hizbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday that a U.S. war on Iraq would be the beginning of the end for Washington's role as a superpower.

Then why does he oppose it? Sounds like something a typical terrorist chicken$hit would say.

It's more likely that a U.S. war on Iraq would land his corrupt a$$ into the trashcan of history as well as Saddam's.

[ApesForEvolution]

Islamotrash depravity BTTT

[rintense]

Um, ok... wasn't there a similar sentiment in 1991?

[LouD]

or isolate in the deserts and mountains

And yet, there they are...

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[aruanan]

"The United States of America...knows that if it brings its armies to Iraq and to all the countries of the region, it won't be able to stay long."

Wasn't Japan planning for something like that shortly before the U.S. invasion of Japan? Of course, they weren't counting on Hiroshima and Nagasaki before that invasion.

[Bonaparte]

"...wasn't there a similar sentiment in 1991?"

Sure was. On the eve of the Gulf War, there was no lack of hand-wringing Cassandras, including Ed Luttwak. As we all know, it was a turkey shoot for us.

It is the unwavering policy of the media to declare unequivocally that America can't win whenever we go to war.

We keep winning.

They keep saying we can't.

[Mr. Mojo]

We keep winning. They keep saying we can't.

Probably because most of them are baby-boomers who are still living in their Vietnam-conditioned world.