Scorched earth
If this interview with Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun is indicative, the March 8 (pro-Hezbullah) forces in Lebanon are planning a scorched earth policy. Aoun told his interviewer that the Hizbullah-led camp, until this moment, does not have street action on its agenda "in case the crisis protracted."What could go wrong?
"At least this is what I believe," Aoun noted.
Asked about possible sanctions on the country by the international community if Lebanon halted its cooperation with the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Aoun said: "It doesn't matter. We can survive, Iran is surviving and so is Syria.
"If the international community wants to confront us, let it confront us, and anyway the current (parliamentary) majority will be the loser if international sanctions were imposed on us."
"Why do they want to ruin the country with flawed justice?" Aoun wondered.
"Should the Security Council show hostility towards us, the country might be ruined," he added.
Labels: Hezbullah, Lebanon, Michel Aoun, scorched earth policy, Special Tribunal for Lebanon
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 3:22 PM
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