سليمان ينفي تسرب الكيميائي الى لبنان: "حزب الله" لايقبل بهذا السلاح

Yislam Timmak Mr. Prez for denying the Islamic Secular Resistance aka HA (Hussain Army) smuggled chemical weapons into Lebanon. Coming from you, it gives the international community the confidence needed to dissociate Lebanon from the turmoil in Syria. Sayyed Hassan has already stated use of these horrible weapons is not permissible against Israel in the Shia faith (Haram), but could be used against Sunni takfiris should the need arise. As to the brotherly ties but you and President Assad, It is normal for brothers to disagree sometimes on trivial things such as the brutal assassination of Wissam Hassan. He planned and welcomed the assassination, you disagreed. Give it time Mr. President.... I am sure all will be fine. Blood is thicker than water:) Bless You

Southern: the only reason I am against HA is because of you, please stop repeating the same old crap to address every issue.

Why all these attacks on the President? How do you know that the President is not informed about the issue of the transfer of chemical weapons to Lebanon? Granted, our security and intelligence services are relatively weak but they do exist and they are trying to do their job, and part of their job is to keep the President informed.
As Maronites, the presidency is one of the few offices left to guarantee us a say in the affairs of this country. Criticize it by all means, but keep your criticism civil and constructive. Do not weaken it with empty rhetoric.

Regarding HA: If HA is serious about building up the defensive capabilities of this country, it should put forward roadmap that will lead to having one military body to defend Lebanon, under the exclusive authority of the Lebanese government. HA cannot expect to take upon itself the role of defender when half the Lebanese population is against it. It you don't have cross the board support, you will be laying the groundwork for trouble. The military exist as a tool for the elected government, not just Hezbollah. It is time to start moving forward on this issue.

@Southern, you and I are on opposing political sides, but I do agree with you that the United States needs to emphasize on more patient diplomacy before reaching for the gun. As you mention, Iraq and Afghanistan are glaring examples of military adventures gone tragically wrong. Obama initiated a call to Rouhani and they spoke for 15 minutes. This is diplomacy at work. I think that Obama is doing a great job in trying to solve conflicts through diplomatic means, and this is very encouraging.

FT, in my opinion WMDs should not be possessed by countries that are prone to regime changes by unlawful means (Pakistan is an example). As for chems, they are banned by international law. We are part of the community of nations and should play a constructive role in this community instead of net agonizing it.
The reason why Lebanon is easy to dump on by Arabs and Israelis alike is because we're a fractured country. A basket case if you will.

My man, you are so on point and correct. Saddam Hussein should have been left alone to kill the Iraqi Shiites and more Kurds. Start another war with Iraq and dump some more chemical weapons on Iranian boys. As to Afghanistan/Taliban, God bless those nice folks. The Taliban is needed to be brought back to power to terrorize and subjugate the Shiites (and not so radical Sunnis) living and working in the Arab countries with the help of the Saudi style Al-Qaeda terrorists. But I take it, neither Iran nor any of your Arab/Muslim brothers in the region had the courage, guts and/or good sense to bring Saddam to his knees inside a rat hole or push the Taliban to their caves, something that even your friends, the Russians, could not do, and not that I have a pressing reason to pick a bone with the Russians. War monger heh, but not when it suits you?

OK, sounds good. I'll accept H.A.'s, Syria's and Iran's words on this. The key question is, with what consequences? My position is as follows: If Iran, Syria and/or H.A. do not agree with or support the statements made by the President, speak now and make a record of it. In the future, if credible evidence proves the President's declaration to the contrary, and that the President was coerced, intentionally mislead to deceive and hide the true facts, give me whatever weapons necessary, even weapons of mass destruction, to wipe these regimes off the map. Enough is enough. Even a Country like Lebanon who is not a warmonger (and I don't use this term lightly as others do) have all the right reasons to participate in achieving the demise of adversarial regimes whose sole interest is to harm us for our own national security interests. Tall order. May be not so much if we are united.

Here is some fresh and relevant facts for you: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A Pakistani girl who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban has been honored as Harvard University's humanitarian of the year.
Malala Yousafzai, an outspoken proponent for girls' education, was at Harvard on Friday to accept the 2013 Humanitarian Award. She was shot in the head last October. Militants said she was attacked because she criticized the Taliban, not because of her views on education. Mr. Southern, you are correct, let's undo what the U.S. did and bring Taliban back in power so they continue being just so lovely human beings.

With all due respect Mr. President, but you likewise denied that Hizb was out in Syria butchering people before Hasan himself conceded that they were there doing just that. 7ajé kizb 3a rasna, ya ma3ali 'lra2ees!