Aoun: Lebanon needs Hezbollah to survive

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Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stressed on Sunday that Lebanon’s future is “closely linked to the Resistance and the powers that are confronting Israel’s policies.”

He told al-Nour radio: “We cannot survive as a nation without these powers and without the Resistance’s support.”

“Lebanon’s future is related to the Resistance…because Israel is an aggressive state that only wants to control and expand,” he added.

“We cannot survive as a country without this resisting strength or without the support of the resistance,” Aoun said during a discussion about the July 2006 war between Lebanon and Israel. “This is where formula of the people, the army and the resistance comes from. [Those three] are united and connected to each other against the enemy.”

Aoun, a close ally of Hezbollah, noted that Lebanon’s future was closely tied to the permanence of the resistance, describing Israel as an aggressive state that only wants to “control and expand.”

Aoun also said that Israel’s defeat in the 34-day war, which resulted in the death of 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians, and 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers, would remain in Israeli consciousness for a long time, and ruled out the possibility of any attack from Israel in the near future.

The FPM leader also said that Israel’s strength has been declining since 2006. “As long as Israel has not created peace with its surroundings … 2006 marked the beginning of the collapse and you can’t stop this collapse because it is really difficult to bring back morale to Israelis.”

He also criticized Israel for having no intention of creating peace, adding that the Jewish state has been talking about peace for over 63 years with no results.

“There is no doubt that the Israeli people want peace because no human being can live to only fight placing [their] life at risk. But the Zionist leadership is thinking of something else [other than peace]. This is why they talk about peace but they really don’t want to achieve it,” Aoun added.

Aoun’s comments come amid escalating tensions between the March 14 coalition and the March 8 alliance over Hezbollah’s weapons. March 14 has repeatedly demanded that Hezbollah surrender their weapons to the state and that a national dialogue be restarted to discuss only the issue of the party’s arsenal.

However, Hezbollah Saturday announced that the issue of its arms was not up for discussion if the national dialogue committee is to resume its work, as President Michel Suleiman has requested.

The Daily Star, Naharnet

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46 responses to “Aoun: Lebanon needs Hezbollah to survive”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    The PROPAGANDA continues ….
    Lebanon IS recognized as an entity it seems to me … 1701 is a proof of that … UN soldiers are a proof of that … the desires of THE PEOPLE and election results are a proof of that. A National Army is a proof of that.
    Strengthen the desire for a UNITED Lebanon … follow the 1701 … and lay down the weapons.
    Be brave like the little people and put yourself in front of the cannon … without that desire to confront what you think is ‘enemy’ except with words, and show signs that you ALSO wish for peace. Let ‘the people’ enjoy their ‘power’. The power of free minds.
    Do you dare?
    Can you ‘confess’ ?

    1. Patience2 Avatar
      Patience2

      Am I right to think that you are asking these admirable things of (actually) Iran??  Do you really expect that it might be possible for them to do these things??

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Well .. hehe .. not this year … but I try. Gotta keep plugging ….

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    The PROPAGANDA continues ….
    Lebanon IS recognized as an entity it seems to me … 1701 is a proof of that … UN soldiers are a proof of that … the desires of THE PEOPLE and election results are a proof of that. A National Army is a proof of that.
    Strengthen the desire for a UNITED Lebanon … follow the 1701 … and lay down the weapons.
    Be brave like the little people and put yourself in front of the cannon … without that desire to confront what you think is ‘enemy’ except with words, and show signs that you ALSO wish for peace. Let ‘the people’ enjoy their ‘power’. The power of free minds.
    Do you dare?
    Can you ‘confess’ ?

  3.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    The PROPAGANDA continues ….

    1.  Avatar
      Anonymous

      Am I right to think that you are asking these admirable things of (actually) Iran??  Do you really expect that it might be possible for them to do these things??

      1.  Avatar
        Anonymous

        Well .. hehe .. not this year … but I try.

  4. 7akibalash Avatar
    7akibalash

     “As long as Israel has not created peace with its surroundings” is it possible to create peace with your neighbor who is calling for your death 24/7? aoun you stupid khara colored donkey, how the hell do you put the responsibilty of creating peace on a country all by itself when all its neighbors want its destruction? I believe the responsibility of creating peace falls on the arabs not to brainwash their people into “pushing the jews into the sea”. those same arabs who refuse to negotiate with the zionist enemy want the zionist enemy to create peace all by themselves….. the middleast breeds alot of retards.. perhaps all the inbreeding(marrying the first cousin) hasnt helped.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Khara colored … indeed. 🙂
      Interesting …. the TRANSPARENCY of the man … 🙂 … the propaganda machine needs to learn a real trade … and ‘Photoshop’.
      Heehehe …

  5. 7akibalash Avatar
    7akibalash

     “As long as Israel has not created peace with its surroundings” is it possible to create peace with your neighbor who is calling for your death 24/7? aoun you stupid khara colored donkey, how the hell do you put the responsibilty of creating peace on a country all by itself when all its neighbors want its destruction? I believe the responsibility of creating peace falls on the arabs not to brainwash their people into “pushing the jews into the sea”. those same arabs who refuse to negotiate with the zionist enemy want the zionist enemy to create peace all by themselves….. the middleast breeds alot of retards.. perhaps all the inbreeding(marrying the first cousin) hasnt helped.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Khara colored … indeed. 🙂
      Interesting …. the TRANSPARENCY of the man … 🙂 … the propaganda machine needs to learn a real trade … and ‘Photoshop’.
      Heehehe …

  6.  Avatar
    Anonymous

     “As long as Israel has not created peace with its surroundings” is it possible to create peace with your neighbor who is calling for your death 24/7? aoun you stupid khara colored donkey, how the hell do you put the responsibilty of creating peace on a country all by itself when all its neighbors want its destruction? I believe the responsibility of creating peace falls on the arabs not to brainwash their people into “pushing the jews into the sea”. those same arabs who refuse to negotiate with the zionist enemy want the zionist enemy to create peace all by themselves….. the middleast breeds alot of retards.. perhaps all the inbreeding(marrying the first cousin) hasnt helped.

    1.  Avatar
      Anonymous

      Khara colored … indeed. 🙂
      Interesting …. the TRANSPARENCY of the man … 🙂 … the propaganda machine needs to learn a real trade … and ‘Photoshop’.
      Heehehe …

  7. 316909 Avatar

    I think he wanted to say “I need HA to survive since I have barely any support”

  8.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    I think he wanted to say “I need HA to survive since I have barely any support”

  9. Fauzia45 Avatar
    Fauzia45

    Lebanon needs political freedom and liberty to survive !It is a country of religious,social and intellectual diversity!No group can dictate and impose  political and foreign policies!!This will always create civil strife!

  10.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Lebanon needs political freedom and liberty to survive !It is a country of religious,social and intellectual diversity!No group can dictate and impose  political and foreign policies!!This will always create civil strife!

  11. Lebman12 Avatar
    Lebman12

    Lebanon does not need Hezbollah to survive, Lebanon needs to get rid of traitors like you to survive,

  12. Lebman12 Avatar
    Lebman12

    Lebanon does not need Hezbollah to survive, Lebanon needs to get rid of traitors like you to survive,

  13.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Lebanon does not need Hezbollah to survive, Lebanon needs to get rid of traitors like you to survive,

  14. dm9076 Avatar

    This is a call for the media to boycott Aoun, Berri and HA. Don’ show up when they call you for a speech.

  15.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    This is a call for the media to boycott Aoun, Berri and HA. Don’ show up when they call you for a speech.

    1.  Avatar
      Anonymous

      Especially if they are going to ‘cut&paste’ you so horribly onto their flags …

  16. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    Aoun, like a hemorrhoid, is one of those things that nobody needs hanging around!  They can be surgically removed.(there IS hope)

  17.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Aoun, like a hemorrhoid, is one of those things that nobody needs hanging around!  They can be surgically removed.(there IS hope)

  18. libnan1 Avatar

    I wake up everyday just to read about you
    but my feelings are invisible

    I get my strength from you all the time
    but my support is invisible

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Your support is as transparent as his shirt
      There is no man inside.
      But hands held up in Victory are
      A sign he lost his mind.

      1. libnan1 Avatar

        Funny, 5Th

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          🙂  So was the Photoshop work …

  19.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    I wake up everyday just to read about you
    but my feelings are invisible

    I get my strength from you all the time
    but my support is invisible

    1.  Avatar
      Anonymous

      Your support is as transparent as his shirt ….

      1.  Avatar
        Anonymous

        Funny, 5Th

        1.  Avatar
          Anonymous

          🙂  So was the Photoshop work …

  20. kindman242 Avatar
    kindman242

    Aoun, you always has to show that you are a barking dog for Hizbollah, you and those Hizbollah dogs should be all removed and deported from Lebanon to exile in Iran and stay there barking for the Iranian mullah you bastard.

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    Anonymous

    Aoun, you always has to show that you are a barking dog for Hizbollah, you and those Hizbollah dogs should be all removed and deported from Lebanon to exile in Iran and stay there barking for the Iranian mullah you bastard.

  22. josephphdman Avatar
    josephphdman

    it does,nt matter what aoun say,he is  not sane

  23.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    it does,nt matter what aoun say,he is  not sane

  24. shankarees Avatar
    shankarees

    If “the issue of HA arms was not up for discussion in the national dialogue”, what are the objectives of the national dialog in their air-head minds?  Let them clarify what do we need it for?  NOTHING IMHO.

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    Anonymous

    If “the issue of HA arms was not up for discussion in the national dialogue”, what are the objectives of the national dialog in their air-head minds?  Let them clarify what do we need it for?  NOTHING IMHO.

  26. Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel Avatar
    Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel

     I think that Aoun believes that the Assads will fall and Lebanon will be surrounded by Sunnis, and influenced by Syria and Saudi.

  27. Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel Avatar
    Adam Yonatan Ben Yoel

     I think that Aoun believes that the Assads will fall and Lebanon will be surrounded by Sunnis, and influenced by Syria and Saudi.

  28.  I think that Aoun believes that the Assads will fall and Lebanon will be surrounded by Sunnis, and influenced by Syria and Saudi.

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