This totally took me by surprise. Former Lebanese PM Saad Hariri states that Hizballah and its weapons are at the root of Lebanon’s problems. The reason this is shocking is becasue he’s Muslim. Now granted he’s a Sunni, but like their Shiite cousins, they aren’t natives to Lebanon unlike the Maronites. So for him to speak out against fellow Arabs is huge.
BEIRUT – Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri made a verbal attack on Hezbollah on Tuesday and said its possession of arms was at the root of conflict in Lebanon.
Hariri, raising the intensity of his opposition to Hezbollah, which with its allies toppled his government in January, said indictments issued by the UN-backed tribunal seeking the killers of his father, Rafik Hariri, and which accuses four members of Hezbollah of involvement, would never be changed.
The weapons (of Hezbollah) are the cause of the problem in Lebanon. Hezbollah does not know what to do with its arms. It is our problem with Hezbollah and also it is a problem for Hezbollah,” Hariri told a local television channel.
“What is it going to do with them? Is it going to continue pointing them at the Lebanese?” he said, speaking from Paris.
Of Course he speaks bravely from Paris and not in Lebanon. But regardless, this once again proves, Israel is not the problem in the region.
Are you listening Barack Hussein Obama?
Tags: Hizballah, Saad Hariri
