Lebanon is a country without a standing Parliament, and a President at the moment and yet regional players are having a go at each other making it immensely difficult for the international community to find a solution in installing a legitimate government in Beirut. Although international pressure has made Syria reduce its influence on Lebanese politics over the past few years but Damascus finds a way to influence its volatile neighbour through the Shiite militant organisation Hezbollah.
Thursday was a difficult and tense day for the Lebanese capital Beirut as rival parties(pro-Syrian and anti-Syrian members)came out to the streets in huge numbers to vent their angers at respective regional powers. Western-backed government supporters packed a rain-soaked Martyrs’ Square in Central Beirut to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri while Hezbollah and pro-Syrian supporters came out in Beirut to mark the funeral of top Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in a car bomb attack in Damascus on Tuesday. Although the killers of wanted US and Israeli militant Mughniyeh are yet to be determined but Hezbollah has pointed fingers at arch enemy Israel for the car bomb attack. In a funeral speech yesterday, the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has invited Tel Aviv for an all-out war against the Iran and Syria backed radical organisation. In a passionate speech Nasrallah warned,
Lebanon will never be at peace until and unless Syria, Iran and Hezbollah end their struggles for regional supremacy against Israel. Both Tehran and Damascus play important roles in guiding and financing Hezbollah’s operations and now with a heavily divided Lebanese society, all the parties involved are working immensely hard to influence the ordinary Lebanese people.Zionists, if you want this kind of open war, then let the whole world listen: Let this war be open. The blood of Imad Mughniyeh will contribute to the disappearance of the Jewish state.
Hezbollah(along with Iran and Syria)knows that with US troops stationed in nearby Iraq, radical forces would find it difficult to influence Lebanese politics forcefully and with a restless international community longing to see a stable government in Beirut any forceful intervention would be disastrous for the organisation’s stability in the country. Far too much foreign influence are now at play in Lebanon and it would be ideal for the Lebanese people if Hezbollah and Israel stay out of this mess and let the people decide the fate of Lebanon.
Source: Yahoo
