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Best Quote Of The Day…

January 15, 2008 · Mustapha Hamoui

..Goes to Naeem Kassem, Hezbollah’s second in command. This is what he said :

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Translation (mine):

The disagreement between the loyalists and the opposition is not about ministers. It’s about two visions and two projects. One wants to make Lebanon a cornerstone of American intervention, and the other wants to make it an independent country. When we ask for partnership in the government, we do it because we want to protect the government from American influence.

I imagined Hezbollah highjacking many of March 14’s causes. But never in my dreams did I imagine that “Independence” was one of them…