Reading into Nassrallah’s Speech

Some observations into Sayyed Hassan Nassrallah’s speech.

Pointing the finger… (Photo credit: Reuters)

1- He was trying to pacify those I would call “wavering Sunnis”, impressionable Muslims — Lebanese or Arabs — who are not completely sold on the ideas of March 14 and still regard America as Lebanon’s #1 enemy. 

2- He was targeting Mr. Walid Jumblat, a Druze, instead of Mr. Seniora, to attempt to avoid the Sunni backlash that scuttled his previous plans to topple the government. I think it’s a bit late for that.

3- He tried to evoke Hezbollah’s mythical image: “If we wanted to stage a coup, the entire government would wake up one day in Prison before they even realize it”. Of course, that’s not true, but it can be helpful for his supporters’ morale.

4- There was a high undertone of us-versus-them in his speech, and he never made an effort to defend his non-shia allies. That confirms the theory that the Shiaas are headed in an isolationist direction.

5- (From Lebanese-forces.com) There was no mention whatsoever in Mr. Nassrallah’s speech of the airport’s container cameras which started this entire kerkfuffle.

Please send in your valuable thoughts so that I could add them to the list.