Posted on 09/07/2006 6:50:37 AM PDT by Dark Skies
Hizbullah Chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says he hopes Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will remain in office.
"If we have to choose between a foolish prime minister and another who is strong and capable, we prefer that the fool remain,” he told Lebanese Al-Safir newspaper Tuesday. He made the comments when asked about the prime minister’s recent claims, based on Nasrallah’s statements, that Israel had won the war.
"I don't mind that Olmert is benefiting from [my statements that we did not expect Israel’s response],” Nasrallah said. “Olmert says he achieved something because he put me in a bunker. All his objectives in the war amounted only to my being in a bunker.”
Nasrallah said that Hizbullah will remain fully armed, retaining its thousands of missiles for use against Israel in the future. "They will be used only when there is a wide-scale military assault on Lebanon," he said. Nasrallah added, though, that the group may attack Israeli positions in the Har Dov (Shaba Farms) region at any time. "We are coming out of a war now and are not in a hurry to carry out operations at the [Shaba] Farms, but this is our right and nobody can give the Israelis any security guarantees," Nasrallah said.
Both the United Nations troops and Lebanese army have made it clear that they will not disarm Hizbullah and it remains to be seen whether international troops will act to prevent the transport of weapons and supplies to the group by sea and air once Israel’s blockade is lifted Thursday.
It's like Osama endorsing Democrats...
Yea and Hitler preferred Chamberlain to Churchill.
I'm not about to lecture other countries on how to run (or ruin) their governments ... but if I were Israeli, I'd probably consider the Chief Hezbastard's advice as a good thing NOT to do ...
Hmmmmmmmmm, it doesn't sound like a very good campaign slogan for a politician running for office in Israel. "Hizbullah Chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says he hopes I stay in office " !!!
"Nasrallah said that Hizbullah will remain fully armed, retaining its thousands of missiles for use against Israel in the future. "They will be used only when there is a wide-scale military assault on Lebanon," he said. Nasrallah added, though, that the group may attack Israeli positions in the Har Dov (Shaba Farms) region at any time. "We are coming out of a war now and are not in a hurry to carry out operations at the [Shaba] Farms, but this is our right and nobody can give the Israelis any security guarantees," Nasrallah said."
Wow, he is openly declaring that Hezbollah will wage war again on Israel/Shaba Farms and will again use rockets when Israel retaliates. I agree with Nasrallah that Olmert is a fool.
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I appreciate what you have been saying on this matter, but I am firmly in the "dump Olmert" camp and don't care if Narsrallah takes credit.
Israel needs a strong hand at the helm like Bibi...but of course that's just my opinion.
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