I told you they couldn't be trusted enough to call our friends. Now, here's proof.
Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati met Wednesday with former prime ministers, including outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Mr. Hariri headed a Western-backed Cabinet and said earlier this week he would not participate in any new government led by a Hezbollah-backed candidate.
I know I'm opening up a whole new can of worms, and this will certainly turn into an IP argument, but I thought everyone who doesn't know should.
I said, back in 2006, that if the Lebanese are electing Hezbollah they are on Hezbollah's side in this issue. They can not help with Palestinian peace if they are electing them. Well, it's more than just a portion of the Lebanese government.
See what Hillary Clinton said about this below the fold.
Hi. I'm happy you came with me. Now, the news.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that a Hezbollah-dominated government would affect the country's relations with the U.S., which views the Iranian- and Syrian-backed militia as a terrorist organization. The United States has imposed sanctions against the group and its members, with whom U.S. officials are barred from meeting.
It's members now include Lebanon's PM. That would almost certainly mean we should treat the country as part of the group.
Mr. Mikati told reporters he will seek diverse political interests as he helps direct the formation of the government. He urged all of the country's political parties to take part in the new government, saying his appointment did not signal a victory of one camp over another.
Yeah, right. Hezbollah has been so honest in the past it's a shame to stop trusting them now. Lebanon should be sitting them down and giving them a good talking to--not electing them PM (or anything else). There are a few sane people left in Lebanon, however.
Thousands of angry supporters of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri took to the streets Tuesday in several cities, where they shouted their loyalty to the former leader. Some protesters said they would not allow Lebanon to go down "an Iranian path," a reference to Tehran's support for Hezbollah.
I don't recall our MSM reporting anything about this. It is, after all, something I would consider this to be news. It's most certainly newsworthy. Unless you're Wolf Blitzer, of CNN fame, who is locked in his Situation Room until someone there makes a joke, falls off a bike, or ask's a pundit "So what if Obama's a muslim? Does that mean our nation's in peril?" We think Wolf has Alzheimer's but he owns a lot of stock. A lot of it.
But I digress. I think we should stop all aid and commerce to Lebanon if this government is not overthrown before it can set up shop.
This diary is not snark, BTW. I'm just trying to lighten up a news story of significant importance. I'll grant you that talking about SOTU seating arrangements is much more interesting, and certainly easier, so I understand.