I had never imagined that a day would come when I would oppose the policies and practices of the party of Hassan Nasrallah. I wholeheartedly supported the Lebanese resistance from the year 1982 in full belief that this resistance was mainly directed toward Israel. I also believed that this resistance had emerged to stand by the oppressed, deprived and persecuted Palestinians and Lebanese.
I continued to offer my support to Hassan Nasrallah’s party during the 2006 war. I snapped ties with some Arab governments and these governments severed their relations with me in return. They even banned me from entering their countries just because I was a supporter of Hezbollah.
Today, Hezbollah disappoints millions of Arabs, of whom I am one, by its mean intervention to wipe out the Syrian people with the sole aim of protecting the Assad regime in Syria. Hezbollah asks its fighters in Syria to be victorious over the oppressed Syrian people who have risen up to demand freedom, equality and human dignity.
Yes, Nasrallah’s Lebanese party achieved victories against the oppressed Syrians. The party’s followers went out to celebrate the victory their party had gained over the Syrian city of Al Qosier and its surrounding villages. They went out dancing, beating their drums, distributing sweets to passers-by and receiving letters of congratulation from leaders in the Iranian capital Tehran. The reality is that this is a delusional victory.
What kind of victory has Nasrallah and his band achieved in Al Qoseir? Hassan Nasrallah’s army entered the city in the company of the Iranian Jerusalem battalion. It was also accompanied by the unrighteous Iraqi “Haq” (Right) group, the Abul Fadl Al Abass battalion and other deceived warriors from other countries.
These fighters entered the city following unrelenting air strikes that poured all types of weapons of mass destruction on it, according to credible reports. Worse still, the artillery, rocket launchers, mortars and tanks of the Syrian army and its allies had poured their fire on the city for more than two successive weeks.
This interference reveals one fact, and that is that Bashar Assad and his regime could not retain control over this city and the villages that surround it — areas that are controlled by the opposition from the Free Syrian Army — although the Syrian army has superior equipment and weapons and more fighters.
This means that those who fight within the ranks of the regime no longer believe in the value of what they do against the Free Syrian Army and the opposition. This is also why the Assad regime has enlisted help from Iran, which issued orders to Nasrallah to invade Syria in the company of the aforementioned forces.
The plan today, in the light of the instructions of the Ayatollah in Tehran, is for these fighters to tighten their grip on coastal cities in Syria and link these cities to Bekaa Valley in Lebanon to pave the way for the creation of a sectarian state along the coast with support from Iran and protection from Russia.
Efforts are being made to implement this plan in the northeastern parts of Syria, including Aleppo and Homs, in the presence of sectarian forces from Iran, Iraq and other countries. All this is planned to be put into action before the Geneva II Conference, if it ever sees the light of day.
No doubt, the Arabs had given the Free Syrian Army promises to stand by its side and support it. Some Western democracies did the same. These countries, however, did not honour their promises to the Syrian opposition.
At the same time, Iran provided all types of possible support to the Assad regime. The Russians did the same. Russian ships recently unloaded weapons at Tartous Port. The shipment included modern weaponry. The Russians have also offered the Assad regime political protection inside the UN Security Council as well as communications equipment.
I need to remind Arab leaders that when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, all the world’s armies, including effective Arab armies, such as the Syrian army, gathered on Arab lands to get Iraq out of Kuwait. Today, the Iranian army, under the umbrella of the Lebanese party of Hassan Nasrallah, conquers Syrian lands. Cannot Arab leaders see this?
Finally, we were eager, Nasrallah, to see your party sweeping through the Shebaa Farms, western Golan and occupied Lebanese villages. We were eager to see your party declaring victory over the enemy of the Arab nation. For that we would have celebrated with you and your party. Now, however, you disappoint us by pointing your guns against and asking your men to invade a sovereign Arab country with Persian support.
