Hariri's Blood

Lebanon sits on the brink of civil war - unless Hezbollah decides as a good will gesture that it will shelve its plans to take the entirely country under its avuncular wing. Out of the goodness of its collective heart, pull up stakes and return to Iran where it can do service there, along with the Basiji and the Republican Guard. Its where their heart is, after all, for no other Islamic country has invested as much hatred and determination to rid the Middle East of the Zionist presence as has Iran.

Hassan Nasrallah would be prepared to leave Syria, his safe haven. And decamp with his loyal crew to Iran where the Grand Ayatollah and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would welcome him with hugs and kisses just to make him feel at home, where he belongs. And from there plans to destroy Israel can continue apace. Hezbollah militias could be dispatched internally every time Iran's opposition feels compelled to unfurl their green banners and take to the streets again.

Between Hezbollah, the Basiji and the Republican Guard, quick work would be made of the arrogant protesters. And the Islamic Republic of Iran could get on with its vital work of refining uranium, building new, unannounced nuclear installations deep into the sides of mountains where they would be well protected from the satanic plans of the Big Satan and Little Satan. Plans to destroy Israel, and eventually subjugate the Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt could commence.

Or, with the revelation finally of the names of the Hezbollah elites who bombed ex-premier Rafiq Hariri and 22 other unfortunates, as Nasrallah warned, Hezbollah would 'defend' itself. The translation is not all that difficult. "We will not allow our reputation and our dignity to be tarnished nor will we allow anyone to conspire against us or to unjustly drench us in Hariri's blood", he vowed. Lebanon's blood in its entirety would be the alternate solution.

Hariri's blood kin, his son, currently prime minister of collapsed-government Lebanon - most unhelpful in forestalling the sinister UN-sponsored revelations - might anticipate his own blood spilled. The international tribunal investigating the assassination stands ready to deliver. The indictments have been prepared and are ready for delivery for their preliminary review before Judge Daniel Fransen.

	Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah
	Photo by: AFP

Sheikh Nasrallah is nobody's fool. To demonstrate that, he underscores that the indictments brought by the UN tribunal are the result of a scheme concocted by the United States and Israel. He knows very well that Israel is itself guilty of the murder of Rafiq Hariri. He finds it infuriating that Saad Hariri refuses to recognize reality, and has become a pawn of the United States, refusing the mediation efforts of Syria and Saudi Arabia.

Sheikh Nasrallah's assertions that the tribunal's evidence was forged, that it is allied with a conspiracy to protect Israel, wholly and solely responsible for the assassination, have not been heeded. Life can be so unfair. The budget of the tribunal has been heavily subsidized by the Government of Lebanon, and since Hezbollah is heavily invested - or was - politically, in that very same government, this is an unforeseen and unfortunate outcome.

Nasrallah's threats to 'alter the status quo' of Lebanon if the indictments are made public have created quite a bit of tension. Lebanese citizens, Christian, Muslim, Druze, are not particularly thrilled with the idea of returning to civil war status. They have grown inordinately fond of peace and the current economic thrust of the country under peace, even with the tensions that exist with the malevolent presence of Hezbollah.

Druze leader Walid Jumblatt is a nasty dark horse, with his allegiance in support of Hezbollah rather than the traditional political forces of Lebanon. Prime Minister Hariri will have his support if the Syria-Saudi compromise proposal already rejected, is accepted. In which case Saad Hariri will find himself speaking to his father night after night after night, to no avail.