Asiri: Lebanon Must Work on Preventing its Slide to Where it Does Not Belong
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Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri stated that it is now up to the Lebanese to cooperate to return the country “to its brothers who have long stood by it,” reported the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat in wake of the kingdom's decision to halt aid to the Lebanese army and Internal Security Forces.
He told the daily: “The Lebanese should work against their country's slide to where it does not belong.”
“Lebanon's natural place is among its brothers” in the Arab world, he stressed.
“The picture has become clear now in that some sides want to destroy Lebanon, while others are keen on preserving it,” remarked Asiri.
“We have grown aware in the past two days of those who seek their country's interests and those who want to drag it back,” he said.
Saudi Arabia said on Friday that it has halted a $3 billion program for military supplies to Lebanon in protest against Hizbullah's policies and recent diplomatic stances by the Lebanese foreign ministry.
The move brought widespread condemnation from the March 14 alliance against Hizbullah and the Free Patriotic Movement, whose leader is Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil.
21 February 2016, 08:20
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KSA should not bother with a failed ungrateful state. Now all these politicians suddenly remembered the hatred and venom of Hezbollah and the anti KSA position that Bassil took at both the Arab and Islamic summit. This is a failed state and does not deserve one ounce of sympathy and help.
21 February 2016, 10:12
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When news of the Saudi aid package first came out, it was received by skepticism, criticism, and mockery by the hezbollah mouthpieces. Ok, now it is withdrawn and they are still not happy.
21 February 2016, 10:38
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I am just wondering how long it is going to be before the Saudis and other gulf states start kicking all the Lebanese people out of there. What would you do then? Go work in Iran?
I mean really, where would they go to be able to work and send money back home to feed their families?
Why would the Lebanese foreign minister want to piss off the Saudis? And for what? Not a very smart move, was it?
21 February 2016, 11:28
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Unfortunately, the Saudis are being led into the trap of the Khamenei criminal regime, this is certainly not helping the free Lebanese in building up a state that will be fending off all the terrorist forces from without and within the likes of ISIS and Ebola who would love to see Saudi cut the support to the ailing state in its shockingly very slow and modest progress in taking back its sovereignty from Ebola and Iran, but shooting the hostage in the foot does not help them free themselves from their criminal takers...
21 February 2016, 11:34
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Also Lebanon (the constitution) does not resemble Saudi or any other country in the Middle East for that matter, and historically any one country that has tried to impose its will on it by making it resemble its own political structure and demography had failed miserably with very bad consequences to it (the imposing country) and its rulers and people, this should be respected by all countries in the region...
21 February 2016, 11:53
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Take the fight to the criminal regime in Tehran and Qom and don't waste resources over fighting its useless disposable replacable tentacles (which is exactly what the regime wants), these dead end tentacles will die out when the criminal serpant's head is severed any other strategy will only be a band aid solution (and a drain in resources) for a much more sinister disease the likes of the Iranian regime...
21 February 2016, 16:21
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Aside from 14 this and 8 that. Saudi Arabia, and the gulf states reactions could very well signal the end of "LEBANON IS A RED LINE".
Lebanon could be heading for a much turbulent time.
