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2023-10-31 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Bassil: US, Iran and Hezbollah don't want to expand war
Of course they don’t. But once you start a war, the response is up to the other side.
[An Nahar] Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
chief Jebran Bassil has stressed that what matters today is to "neutralize Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
" in the war between Israel and Hamas
...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
, noting that "Israel is besieged and the U.S., as well as Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and Hezbollah, do not want to expand the war."

"Resistance® can be not in conflict with the issue of neutrality but rather complementary to it. We want to be in a state of self defense, not attack," Bassil said in an interview on LBCI television.

"The Shebaa Farms is occupied Lebanese territory and through its operations in it Hezbollah has emphasized Lebanon’s right to regain its land," Bassil added, noting that Hezbollah is "abiding by the rules of engagement."

"It is the duty of the Lebanese to prevent Lebanon’s descent into war, but at the same time we do not want to drag it into defeat, and if war is imposed on us we will confront it," Bassil went on to say.

He also revealed that in his latest phone call with Hezbollah chief Sayyed His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
, he informed the Hezbollah leader of his concerns and at the same time sensed Nasrallah’s "keenness on Lebanon’s interest."

As for the issue of gas and oil, Bassil noted that Lebanon lies "in the same geological basin in which gas discoveries have been confirmed."

"But it is clear that it is forbidden to extract it, seeing as there is a timing for our gas and they are trying to delay us," Bassil added.

He also called for "benefiting from the war’s results and improving Lebanon’s position in the negotiations over the issue of gas."

Posted by Fred 2023-10-31 2023-10-31 00:01|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top
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#1 A predator is not looking for a fight, it's looking for a meal.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-10-31 03:32||   2023-10-31 03:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran wants the bomb before their war with the West. They think the war with the west will start a chain of events that initiate the return of Mahdi.
#DeathCult
Posted by mossomo 2023-10-31 13:41||   2023-10-31 13:41|| Front Page Top

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