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Posted on 08/10/2011 9:46:09 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Following are excerpts from an interview with Hizbullah MP Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Walid Sakariya, which aired on ANB TV on August 7, 2011.
Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Walid Sakariya: Iran is the country most hostile to Israel, but Iraq serves as a buffer between Iran and the Palestine front – from the days of Saddam Hussein and until the US military presence in Iraq. Iran supports the forces of confrontation: Hamas, Hizbullah, and Syria.
If, following the US withdrawal, Iraq becomes a bridge linking Iran to Syria, the Iranian forces could cross Iraq and arrive in Syria, in order to participate in a direct war on the Golan front.
In that case, Israel would not be fighting Hizbullah alone. It would be fighting Hizbullah, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. This is the so-called "Shiite Crescent" that they fear. Since Iran dominates this [axis], the Arab countries refer to it as the "Shiite Crescent."
If Hizbullah has 5,000 missiles and can destroy some targets in Israel, the equation will completely change when Syria and Iran join the war. You will have the strategic superiority and a force large enough to pulverize Israel, even if this war costs you hundreds of thousands of martyrs – not just 1,000 or 2,000. You will enter this war with a population mass exceeding 100 million.
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If Syria, as a confrontation country, fails, America and the Zionist enterprise will be victorious.
Interviewer: Syria is that important...
Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Walid Sakariya: Of course. But if Syria is victorious as a confrontation country, Israel will come to an end. There are military balances. Hizbullah can defeat Israel, but it cannot abolish it. If Syria enters a war with Israel, it may be able to regain the Golan, but it will not be able to liberate Haifa and Tel Aviv.
However, Hizbullah, Syria, Iraq, and Iran will constitute a force that is militarily superior to Israel and will destroy it. They will wage a war and might even suffer hundreds of thousands of martyrs – because Israel might use the nuclear weapon in order to survive – but nevertheless, this war will put an end to Israel.
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So the US is supposed to stay in Iraq permanently? This is nonsense. Israel is the only ME country with nukes, and it has the best military.
Guess what, folks? We are broke! We no longer have the money to be the world’s policeman and sugar daddy.
If God is with Israel, they don’t have to worry and if God isn’t, we won’t be able to help.
Good point
true. but most people, especially Liberals, vastly underestimate Islam. they believe the taquiyya.
which is why MEMRI is so priceless, because they tell us what is really being said.
and the Muslim Brotherhood with Egypt’s 1,100 M1A1s would happily join the party once it starts...
and when it comes down to destroying Israel,
Sunnis and Shias WILL cooperate.
they are much closer than most realize.
and, the both hate the USA almost as much as they hate Israel. if it goes, we move up to enemy #1...
This “General” salivates at the thought of a massive war with Israel. Doesn’t blink at the thought of a hundred thousand Arab dead, as long is Israel is destroyed. Doesn’t care if Israel responds with nukes, as long as Israel is destroyed.
But general, what if Israel launches more than one nuke? What if it launches enough to defend itself? To destroy and despoil all of Iraq, Syria, and Iran? What if the radiation washes over the entire middle east?
What then? Is a quarter of a billion Arabs dead worth it? Is the contamination and disease to the rest of the ME worth it?
My guess is that this fool would say yes. He doesn’t care who dies, as long as the Jews do. -THAT is why we don’t want Iran to get nukes.
Yep after Israel hands them their rear-ends.
You are right.
One nuclear bomb will really make for a bad hair day.
Seems to be a common theme with a lot of muzzies, don't it?
Yea, it always seems to be the ones with the biggest mouths that are no where, or will be anywhere near, any fighting.
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