More on Iran’s attempt to create a client state in Lebanon to go along with its Iraqi Shi’ite client state and its friends in Syria. “Lebanese minister: Hizbullah believes way to Tel Aviv passes through Beirut,” by Roee Nahmias for Israel National News (thanks to Sr. Soph):
“Iran is responsible for what is happening in Lebanon. The subject now is the Iranian attack on Lebanon. They want us to surrender totally without any compensation,” Lebanese Sports Minister Ahmed Fatfat said Friday during an interview with the Al-Arabiya television network Friday amid reports that Hizbullah gunmen seized control of large parts of Beirut.
“Hizbullah has turned from an opposition party into a militia attempting to impose its control. I think Hizbullah believes that the way to Tel Aviv passes through Beirut,” he said.
Fatfat said Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah had “taken advantage of the government’s decision to outlaw the (Shiite) group’s communications network in order to declare war.”
According to the minister, regardless of whether a “Gaza-like” revolt occurs in Lebanon, “the government will remain legitimate.”
“We do not want a civil war, and we’ve decided to confront them politically, not militarily,” Fatfat said. “We do not have gunmen like they do.”…
Well, good luck. The world should be standing with you.