Tuesday, July 31, 2018

I doubt Iran is the leadership Trump should be negotiating with, it's Hezbollah.

Russia is not the country in charge of the movements with Assad. Assad now has an autonomous ally in Hezbollah even if both are receiving backing from Russia.

The relationship Iran would have with Hezbollah is nothing more than support as requested. Hezbollah doesn't take orders. It is that reason, The West must engage talks and ask Assad to join the conversation to end the war and set up interim governments.

Trump has got it wrong.

July 5, 2018

Hezbollah is helping to lead a Russian-backed offensive in southern Syria (click here) which has left over 250,000 people displaced, pro-Damascus sources said. The Iranian-backed militia's continued role in Syria exposes the limits of both Israeli and U.S. policy that hopes Moscow can get Iran and groups it backs out of the country.

Hezbollah's role in the offensive near the border with Jordan and Israel's Golan Heights has also defied Israeli demands that Iranian proxies be kept away from its frontier - a fault line of the decades-old Arab-Israeli conflict....

Russia and Iran have no influence with Hezbollah. They support Hezbollah, but, there are not coordinated orders that can be changed because The West has found an agreement they like. The leadership in Lebanon might be of assistance to explain the dynamics involved.

July 6, 2018

Senior Hezbollah official Ali Daamoush (click here) dubbed the agreement reached between the Syrian rebels and government forces a defeat for Israel and the United States.

"What is happening in southern Syria is a big achievement for the Syrian army and its allies and a resounding defeat for America, Israel and their allies," Daamoush said during a Friday prayers sermon in Beirut....

Hezbollah has always wanted to have a regional role. For as long as I can remember the struggle was there. Now, with the advent and defeat of Daesh, Hezbollah is not turning back to shrink into it's habitat it has existed in for decades. They want land and governance. It is difficult to see anything short of that happening. They have nothing to lose. When a peoples has nothing to begin with, there is no reason to turn back.

Nasrallah has done this all his life. He, no doubt, would like to close with some peace if possible. They do have families they love.

Daesh was a turning point. The groups called terror groups like Hezbollah are not going to have a feel good moment to hand the reins of power to anyone. Nasrallah looks at his grandchild with worries of protectionism of his soul and the future. He is not turning back, the future for these groups are for governance so Daesh or any other vernacular of group will never, ever have a remote chance of rising again. 

What someone like Nasrallah can appreciate however, is a future with a brain trust that can assure the future to be safe and prosperous enough to have peace and sanity in life. Readers might believe the baby is cute and happy and I am glad for that, but, this is not a planned assault for sympathy. Nasrallah had never sought sympathy, but, only status.

July 23, 2018
By Juliane Helmhold

Since the Second Lebanon War in 2006, (click here) Nasrallah has spent most of his time in bunkers out of fear for his life. Since then he only appeared in speeches broadcast from his hiding place.

In an interview with an Iranian TV station in March 2017, the Hezbollah leader revealed the strict security arrangements which his family had been living under and other personal details about his life.

"Security is a very important issue and we can not be complacent about it," Nasrallah said then. "I do not have direct access to the Internet, but I always know what is happening."...

Donald Trump needs to stop the dialogue with Middle East leaders on Twitter. This is hideous. He leaves himself and the country wide open to media exploitation. There is nothing Iran can say that Lebanon doesn't already know.