Lebanon’s Prime Minister admits the obvious: Terrorists are in charge. Canada’s state-run CBC editorializes to soften it up: calls terrorist group a “militant group”.
Government control over Lebanon has weakened: Siniora
Last Updated Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:27:25 EDT
CBC NewsThe authority of the Lebanese government over some parts of the country became “very insignificant” over the past three decades, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora says.
In an exclusive interview with CBC News airing Friday, the prime minister also suggested that the government should seek ways to bring some members of the militant group Hezbollah into the Lebanese army.
Siniora didn’t directly address the question of whether Hezbollah was running the country, saying instead that developments over the past three decades have “weakened” the state.
“Its authority over the various parts and various activities of the country, again in certain aspects, became very insignificant,” he said.
South Lebanon has been widely considered to be under Hezbollah control for several years.
On the matter of abiding by the latest in what I promise you will be another hideous string of weak, pretty-sounding, un-enforced U.N. resolutions which (once again!) explicitly calls for the disarming of the Hizbollah terrorists:
“It’s not a matter of disarming. It’s through dialogue that we have to reach that point. And I think this can be achieved while at the same time you see, trying to find out how to integrate the numbers of Hezbollah that want to really get integrated within the Lebanese army,” he said.
I hope the Hizbollah terrorists abide by the standard RSVP etiquette and respond positively to the invitation to tea and a bun —even if they do so by rhythmic mortar fire.
When I throw parties, I don’t usually invite terrorists who are sworn to wiping Israel and all Jews off the face of the Earth. And it’s a strange way to run an army.
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