The Hizballah deputy interviewed below seems to have no qualms about speaking freely about Hizballah's arsenal, but why should he? It's abundantly clear by now that no one is going to confiscate it.
His tally of 8,000 missiles fired at Israel is grossly exaggerated (the Associated Press reported a total of 3,970 fired in the conflict), but the fact remains that due to the insufficient mandate given to UN forces in Lebanon to enforce Resolution 1701, and the complicity of the Lebanese government in letting them keep their weapons, the only way to begin to count the missiles still in Hizballah's possession will be when they start firing them again.
From Haaretz: "Hezbollah: We could have up to 70,000 rockets left in arsenal"
Hezbollah could have tens of thousands of rockets still left in its arsenal, the group's deputy leader Naim Qassam said in an interview published Sunday in a London-based Arabic-language newspaper.
Qassam said that the reconstruction of Hezbollah's military wing was not a top priority as the group still had a plentiful supply of weapons.
"We had the option to confront Israel for many months," he said. "The 8,000 missiles that we fired at Israel could be a quarter or even just 10 percent of the rockets we have."
The group is now contemplating how best to move ahead following the deployment of Lebanese soldiers and United Nations troops in the south of the country, Qassam said.
He said that Hezbollah has yet to decide on its policy toward Israel if it does not pull out of the Shaba Farms, but indicated the group would not give up its "right to resistance."
He stressed that Hezbollah has no plans to strike American targets and said that the resistance to Israel would be carried out only on Lebanese soil, not "all around the world."
For now, they claim to have no such plans -- perhaps not today or this week. But when they do, evidence and past experience suggest that the infrastructure to do so is in place.
Consider the source. I think they shot their load and now they are buying time. This we are still powerful is just BS propaganda. They are weak, beaten and scared and yes dangerous. Like all wounded animals you still have to be careful. It was very nice of them to decide not to attack the US, I will sleep soundly tonight. At last I have nothing to fear.
”The 8,000 missiles that we fired at Israel could be a quarter or even just 10 percent of the rockets we have.”
First, moral equivalence. Now, relativity math. I’ve just found a new accountant!
Oh how I wish Israel, had finished the task at hand.
Ah yes, there "right to resistance" -- which properly interpreted means -- "our unprovoked ability to attack the apes and pigs should we choose"!
We attack Israel so we can claim to be "resisting Israel"!
"We had the option to confront Israel for many months", but all the civilians we were hiding behind had sense and removed themselves, thereby leaving us exposed without innocent human shields. Since this created an unlevel playing field with the enemy, we decided to pack up our toys (our bombs) and wait for another day. For this, we claim victory over the Zionists (they could have killed all of us!).
"We had the option to confront Israel for many months," he said. "The 8,000 missiles that we fired at Israel could be a quarter or even just 10 percent of the rockets we have."
So this is an interlude between storms. Is there anyone in Israel that does not understand that next time this snake must be utterly destroyed?
Taqiyya and Kitman - they say what they want infidels to believe.
Taqiyya and Kitman - they say what they want infidels to believe.
Taqiyya and Kitman - they say what they want infidels to believe.
Taqiyya & Kitman - they say what they want you to believe.
Sorry! Getting false readings here- probably my machine.
Taqiyya & Kitman - they say what they want you to believe.
and fire them again, they will!
And stuck in the middle are the useless UN forces who will not shoot back.
Thank the UN for their feeble show of force, send them home and allow Israel to finish the job.
Fire them all, you stupid mo-foes.
Put up or shut up.
If Hizbollah needs more rockets or whatnot to wipe out Israelis it would be prudent for them to bring aboard Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder for logistical support as he has publicly voiced his view that the state of Israel should be destroyed and the EU should take the lead in arranging it. Surely, he will love making his services available to Hizbollah's ongoing guerilla war against the Jewish state...
So, somewhere between 3500 to 8000 were fired. And for this, what is shown in the level of destruction in Israel? Compare that to Lebanon.
I would advise them to upgrade, or even quit now, for any "next time" it will be needed to fire them all.
But please wait until the last brick in reconstruction is in place.