Posted on 03/31/2009 12:46:41 PM PDT by Jbny
A few weeks ago Britain decided to unfreeze “diplomatic relations” with Hezbollah, and the nonsensical phrases “political wing” and “military wing” have been used to describe the Iranian-backed militia ever since. Britain now says it’s okay to meet with members of Hezbollah’s “political wing” while maintaining the blacklisting of its “military wing,” but these “wings” don’t exist in any meaningful sense. If Hezbollah were actually two distinct entities with separate policies it might make sense for British diplomats to do business with one and not the other, but that’s not how Hezbollah is structured. Of course Hezbollah’s fighters and members of parliament aren’t the same individuals, but Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah is the leader of the entire organization.
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why do I have the feeling that obama is behind the UK telling them to talk to these terrorists.
He’s certainly doing it for spending but thankfully France and Germany are telling him to screw and sort his own crap out
Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah needs a dirt nap surrounded with pig entrails.
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