Take A Hike, Moussa!

The opposition has finally made it clear that it was never happy with the Arab league’s initiative.

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Perhaps it was the statement of the French Foreign Minister Mr. Kouchner in Riad where he threatened to go back to the UN in case the Arab League fails, or that of the Egyptian Foreign Minister rejecting the 10–10–10 solution that the opposition craved, or maybe that of the Egyptian President in which he threatened to boycott the Arab summit in Damascus if the Arab League’s Plan fails, or the Patriarch’s Sfeir’s not-so-tacit approval of “internationalization” as the best solution remaining.

Whatever it was that got at it, the opposition didn’t let yesterday’s incident stand in the way of expressing its utter despise of the Arab League initiative, and it couldn’t care less about the “Moral damage” Mr. Mubarak threatened to cause it.

The opposition’s leader, Mr. Hassan Nassrallah declared the Arab League initiative dead and had this to say:

No one can put pressure on us, neither through threatening to internationalize the Lebanon crisis nor through rallying world support against Hizbullah

While the FPM went as far as blaming yesterday’s bombing on the international community, conspiratorially accusing the loyalists of collaborating with the outside world to nationalize the Palestinians:

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The opposition’s Mouthpiece, Al-Akhbar, accused the Arab League Secretary Mr. Moussa of coming to Lebanon with a simple mission: Wash the Arabs’ hands off the Lebanese file and transfer it to the international community.

Forget the opposition’s pomp about the “will of the Lebanese people”. We all know that the matter is indeed international. The Saudi Foreign Minister had asked Syria to use its influence in Lebanon, cleverly reminding the Syrians of their boast, not so long ago, that they are today more powerful in Lebanon that they were during the occupation. (Translation: You can’t hide behind your Lebanese allies)

But perhaps what this all boils down to can be inferred from something Else in Mr. Nassrallah’s speech:

“If America launches a war against Iran, it will be the biggest folly committed by America in its history,”

Fore those who still think that the opposition’s main demands are local, maybe the above statement can help change their minds.