With the prospect of yet another Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon looming large, Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri warns that the nation is in a defensive posture, and called for international help for new peace talks.
The call was reportedly rebuffed by the United States, however, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is said to have dispatched a message to Berri warning that the United States could do nothing to stop a potential Israeli invasion, citing reports of arms smuggling to Hezbollah, whose political wing is now part of the Lebanese government.
In late January, Israeli Minister Yossi Peled declared that a new war against Lebanon was only a matter of time. The threat has solidified Lebanon’s tenuous coalition government, and Hezbollah and the Lebanese military are scrambling to prepare for the invasion.
The refusal of help from the Obama Administration is likely to be particularly galling, however, after officials played such an overt role in swinging the narrow June election in favor of a pro-US Sunni faction. America’s pledge of “aid” for Lebanon in returning for supporting that faction, it seems, won’t involve any effort to prevent the US-armed Israeli military from launching its second invasion of the nation in less than four years.
The US is making itself increasingly irrelevant.
Nothing creates unity like the threat of invasion.
Since the 70s, whenever Israel wanted to kick some ass, it was Lebanon… Lebanon always seems to be in their way… All Lebanon needs is three nukes and some shallow trajectory cruise missiles and Israel would never think to bother them… Those Israelis, All they understand is FORCE! Isn't that what we hear about the Arabs? Non of them are nuclear…YET!! Certainly all the Israeli threats will make them wanna be a bomb country. So, if you want your neighbors to go nuclear, just make threats!
It will only be who and when, not if and maybe. Only hubris would make one blind to this fact…
All Israel want is to be left alone and to have piece.
Giving the Israel a 'green light' to attack Lebanon is, essentially, no different than giving the Israel a 'green light' to attack Iran; although, for those with less than two active brain cells, this comes under the rubric of 'plausible deniability'.
Just one match can set the entire Middle East on fire.
Particularly a match lit in Lebanon. It is a unique country that could actually consolidate sunni and sheite nations against Israel. Israel has benefited from the Sunni/sheite split. After the last invasion of Lebanon you actually saw protesters in Egypt carrying signs of the Hezbollah leader. That is something that I never imagined could happen.
If that did happen, it is very possible that could lead to the a breakdown of the Egyptian government, and (maybe to a lesser degree) even the Jordanian government. That would be catastrophic for Israel. But they don't care. They just assume that we (the US) will straighten out their messes for them time and again.
I saw we cut them loose and let them learn to swim on their own. They are hardly a friend to the US – more like a yoke around our neck.
Israel is about to attack Lebanon AGAIN? WTF? The million cluster bombs that the Israelis dropped during their last invasion of that country have just about all gone off?
This is a perfect example of why all nations in the Middle East NEED nukes – to defend themselves against Israel. We all know that Israel would NEVER dare attack a people that could fight back or defend themselves, which is why they're so adamant that everybody else around them remain unarmed. For 'peace' – Israeli style.
When it comes down, watch for the US Senate and House to – once again – spout off about how Israelis have a right to 'defend themselves' – no matter what war crimes they commit.
God Bless America.
Watching the Israel Lobby crap all over itself after the IDF was nuked would be very entertaining. A bully getting a well-deserved drubbing is always good to see, and Hezbollah's defeat of the Israeli Army in 2006 was truly satisfying.
Leave israel alone and it will be peace
Israel is a nation of terrorist who do not want peace. The only thing they care about is Power, They were given a country to call their own and they ended up STEALING and ravaging whole Nations.
I am not Arab or antisemite I am just looking at the facts, im Canadian of Italian decent and I think its time for the world to wake up and see Israel for what they really are Terrorrist!
Forgotten story–USA is stockpiling $billions of military weapons in }sreal for future own use and not vampire bat's usage }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}.
Don't beLIEve a word from these two habitual liars :^/
Are Americans that dumb?
Anybody in our government listening? Not a chance. They live in some other world, and do not care if a match is set off to start something we will regret. Nobody wants to know what we think, and nobody actually cares why is this little country such a target? What on earth is going on?
The United States government cannot stop the Israeli government from invading Lebanon?! BS! The United States government can stop an Israeli government invasion of Lebanon by threatening to end all military aide to Israel or threatening to end the United States government's unconditional support for Israel at the UN or both. I think the Bush clone, Obama, wants the Israeli government to invade Lebanon to weaken or destroy Hezbollah, which allies itself with Iran. Another Israeli war against Lebanon maybe the prelude to the United States government starting a war against Iran.
The upcoming war with Iran is what this is all about. Israel is certain to be attacked by Hezbollah if it bombs Iran which it plans on doing. Therefore they are trying to neutralize their northern flank. If Iran comes to Lebanon's defense that is all the excuse US needs to join with Israel in bombing Iran.
Meanwhile the world will sit idly by while thousands of Lebanese civilians are murdered by the IDF..
Whenever the dog holds dual loyalties [passports] the tail will wag the dog.
Israeli jets still overfly Lebanese air space and no one dares object. wonder how long the US will tolerate russian, chinese or cuban over flights over florida or the other 49 states.
Even the socalled "rogues" nations dont get away with what Israel[is] are doing or do.
Still nothing lasts for ever.
If the USA would place their 100,000 troops now stationed in Iraq along the 1967 Israel/Palestine borders and police the two-way traffic, their would be peace in the Middle East. If Israel attacks Lebanon again, you can be sure that there will be thousands of Lebanese civilians killed and few Israel soldiers killed all in the name of self-defence. Will someone please help Israel to use the English language properly. Crossing any international boundary to inflict damage on another countrythat has not attached you is purely offensive in every meaning of the word. Somehow the English world has allowed Israel to call such acts, defensive.
The plan has been and is going to be this: any nation or power that is capable to conquer the Middle East.., from Lebanon to Afghanistan.., Persian Gulf and its oil field that nation or power is the master of the world economy. Since second and first world war, the main idea in both wars has been to conquer the oil supply for feature wars with African nations and etc. Israel was created by the English and US support to stand in front of all the obstacles.., Arab nations.., Taliban and all the other feudalists that are out there was and is another creation for that purpose.., so the idea that Israel attacking Lebanon is to conquer that land…, in 2006 Israel attacking Lebanon was a disaster but the idea was for Israel to go forward to the border of Lebanon – Syria where the English and US troops would invade Lebanon.., US, British and French warships on that time were placed close to Lebanon shores. Afghanistan is conquered, US and British don’t have any objections to invade Pakistan if it was not for the Pakistanis nuke, otherwise the Pakistanis army wouldn’t last even a month.., so is the fact with Syrian army.., Iraq has become a two – 4 sided politics and divided country so they are out of picture anyhow.., what is left for the US and Europeans to conquer… is Iran.., if Iran goes down so will the entire Middle East and Persian Gulf…, NATO is nothing but a militarized US and European institutions and its primary goal is to snatch lands fro the EU, EU in another hand is nothing but a feature empire where people in Middle East needs to face when US is no longer there to act as empire.
Unf***kingbelievable.
Rather then state what everyone already knows about the bread crumb trail from Gaza to Iraq to Iran to Lebanon to Syria let me just say this.
BURN WASHINGTON TO THE GROUND AND START OVER.
Before it’s too late.
First, destroy the *monotheistic religions* before it is too late.
By their contradictions of Revealed Truth, it is the religious 'authorities' who have provided the religious 'justification' for all of these horrors in the first place.
damn Israelis!
I said it before, I say it again: Israel carries the genes of its own ultimate demise.
The invasion of Lebanon is a win, win for the criminals who run the apartheid state. They will get the long coveted Litani River and close the straits of Hormuz. Middle eastern oil will have to be piped overland to the Mediterranean and Tel Aviv will become the new Amsterdam
If this were Iran, Syria, or almost any other country, the Amerikan terror leaders (Clinton and Obama) would be issuing dire warnings of retaliation to the guilty party.
As it is, as a partner in terror, the U.S. will gladly look the other way.
While we all know that the Iranian president did NOT call for the destruction of Israel, it's pretty obvious that this will be a necessary step to bring peace to the ME. As long as Israel exists, it presents a danger to all of its neighbors.
As matter of the fact, Donald Rumsfiled when he meet with Saddam Hussein back in 70s.., one of his demands was that Iraq would put up the plan with a pipeline which would deliver Iraqi oil to Israel which would be refined there and then sent to Europe and the US oil companies would be the major player and pay for it. Saddam replied .., he don’t have anything against the idea if US pressed Israel in giving back the stolen land back to Palestinians.., it was then when US and British decided to bring down his regime, is just was matter of time and the right time was brought by Bush presidency and his company of Rumsfeld, Tony Blair, Paul Wolfowitz, Dick Cheney and rest.
Too bad Hillary isn't US president. She has more ba**ls than whimpy Obum ma.