Remember when Lebanon wasn't so anti-Israel?
Remember the days when there were rumors that Walid Jumblatt was rumored to be meeting with Israelis? Well, those days are gone.Interviewer: "In the event of such a confrontation, would your political movement support Hizbullah, regardless of whether it is right or wrong?"Smart diplomacy brings results. What could go wrong?
Walid Jumblatt: "We will support Lebanon in its defense against Israel. This is not an issue of supporting Hizbullah. We will confront the common enemy. No more and no less."
Interviewer: "Does this mean that you will open Mount Lebanon, and let Hizbullah to deploy its weapons there in the event of a confrontation?"
Walid Jumblatt: "I believe that Hizbullah is savvy enough not to deploy its missiles everywhere. Secondly, the confrontation would be in places known to Hizbullah. Thirdly, we will open up our homes – as all the Lebanese did in 2006 – in the event of a stream of refugees as a result of the Israeli strikes."
Interviewer: "But you would not provide logistic or military support?"
Walid Jumblatt: "This is not a matter to be discussed on TV."
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:42 AM
3 Comments:
what do you want him to say publicly? that he hopes israel crushes hezbollah?
then its goodbye leader of the druze.
it was the west that brought sectarian violence to lebanon?
thats rich
funny how he jumped to iraq when trying to explain the lebanon situation....notice how he didnt have an example of how the west instigated sectarian violence in lebanon.
nonsense, Jumblatt was always anti_Israel even in the 80s
the Druze and Maronites are natural allies of Israel, but lost the baby making derby to the arabs
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