Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Why do they like Hezbollah?
Very simple. The Hezb reach out to people and help them during times of crisis, like returning to Southern Lebanon and finding you home is a pile of dust and debris.
A major reason — in addition to its hard-won reputation as the only Arab force that fought Israel to a standstill — is that it is already dominating the efforts to rebuild with a torrent of money from oil-rich Iran.Compare this to Our Dear Embattled Leader's "rapid" and sort of continuing response to the Gulf Coast. Call Hezbollah anything you like, but don't call them stupid. Save that for Our Dear Embattled Leader.
Nehme Y. Tohme, a member of Parliament from the anti-Syrian reform bloc and the country’s minister for the displaced, said he had been told by Hezbollah officials that when the shooting stopped, Iran would provide Hezbollah with an “unlimited budget” for reconstruction.
In his victory speech on Monday night, Hezbollah’s leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, offered money for “decent and suitable furniture” and a year’s rent on a house to any Lebanese who lost his home in the month-long war.
“Completing the victory,” he said, “can come with reconstruction.”
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