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| NasrallahÂ’s Malaise | |
| 2006-09-22 | |
Hassan Nasrallah is showing clear signs of “dejection, melancholy and depression,” according to the editors of the Lebanese daily al-Safir, who are counted among the most steadfast supporters of the leader of Hizballah. Alongside a tiresomely long interview with him, published on September 5, they note that the man radiates a sense of “disappointment and distress.” It is no trifling matter that Nasrallah, who is always punctilious in demonstrating self-confidence and determination, comes across this way to those visiting him in his hideout. “I myself don’t even know where I am,” he told his interviewers. “They have moved me from one hiding place to another dozens of times.” Nevertheless, his words were as polished and considered as usual, and included the now-familiar remarks about Ehud Olmert’s “stupidity,” fictional accounts of his ongoing communications with fighters on the frontline during the war, and wild exaggerations about his achievements in the last round. This is the same Nasrallah that we have known for years, and at the same time, a different Nasrallah than we have seen before. An analysis of the text helps solve the riddle of why Nasrallah is so frustrated even as he claims “victory,” and what the source of his anxiety is, even though, in his assessment, he succeeded in “defeating” the Israeli army. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #9 Sounds like a case of wabbit wabbies. The fear of wabbits or the sound of wabbits. Hmmmmmm, I wecomend filling your time with constwuction pwojects. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-09-22 14:29 |
| #8 Perhaps Nasrallah's Persian masters have stiffed him. |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-09-22 10:25 |
| #7 Oh my God! He's got Jimmy Carter Disease!! THERE IS NO CURE, NAZ!!! Roll over and die!!! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-09-22 08:42 |
| #6 Hound him, Israel. Hound him. If you find him, kill him. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-09-22 08:27 |
| #5 Ahhhh, now this is a good way to start a Friday! One can only hope the malaise spirals downward to depression, self-mutilation, and finally the death of a thousand cuts, all self-inflicted. Buh-bye! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-09-22 06:22 |
| #4 Zenster, the doctor is in chamber 3 |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-09-22 03:34 |
| #3 Hassan Nasrallah is showing clear signs of “dejection, melancholy and depression,” according to the editors of the Lebanese daily al-Safir, who are counted among the most steadfast supporters of the leader of Hizballah. Alongside a tiresomely long interview with him, published on September 5, they note that the man radiates a sense of “disappointment and distress.” Pobracito! Nothing that can't be cured by a quick dose of high velocity lead. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-22 03:26 |
| #2 Iff GERALDO's comments on O'REILLY are any measure, where the Muslim ME-World is concerned, there's Moud, Shia Islam and Radical Iran; AND THEN THERE'S NO ONE ELSE. GERALDO > MOUD wants Iran to have a seat on the UNSC - NO IFS, ANDS, OR BUTS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-09-22 00:58 |
| #1 So he still thinks he is the Ayatollah. That would be Fadlullah. |
| Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550 2006-09-22 00:41 |