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Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
(FPM)
Michel Aoun...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
told a local radio station on Sunday during a talk about the 2006 Israel-Hezbullies war that, "We cannot survive as a country without this resisting strength or without the support of the resistance," the Lebanese Daily Star newspaper reported.
"This is where formula of the people, the army and the resistance comes from. [Those three] are united and connected to each other against the enemy," he added.
Pointing to the future of Leb as in close connection with the continuity of the resistance, the FPM leader warned against the aggressive character of Israel and its wish to "control and expand."
"As long as Israel has not created peace with its surroundings ... 2006 marked the beginning of the collapse and you can't stop this collapse because it is really difficult to bring back morale to Israelis," noted Aoun, who is also the head of Change and Reform bloc in the Lebanese parliament.
Israel's all-out offensive on southern Leb in July 2006, also known as the 33-Day War, resulted in the death of about 1,200 Lebanese, most of them civilians.
Israel violates Leb's airspace on an almost daily basis.
Leb's government, the Hezbullies resistance movement, and the UN Interim Force in Leb, known as UNIFIL, have repeatedly condemned the overflights, saying they are in clear violation of UN Resolution 1701 and the country's illusory sovereignty.
UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which brokered a ceasefire between Leb and Israel in 2006, calls on Tel Aviv to respect Beirut's illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity.