I had never imagined that a day would come when I would oppose the policies and actions of the group of Hassan Nasrallah. I wholeheartedly supported the Lebanese resistance from the year 1982 in full belief that it was mainly directed against 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 Nasrallah’s group 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 then.
Today, Hezbollah disappoints millions of Arabs, of whom I am one, by its mean intervention to cleanse the Syrian people with the sole aim of protecting the Assad regime in Syria. Hezbollah has asked 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 group has achieved victories against the oppressed Syrians. The group’s followers went out to celebrate the victory their group had gained in the Syrian city of Qusayr 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 have Nasrallah and his band achieved in Qusayr? 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 bombs 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 weeks.
This interference reveals one fact, and that is that Bashar Al Assad and his regime could not by themselves retain control over this city and the villages that surround it — areas that were controlled by the opposition from the Free Syrian Army although the Syrian army has superior equipment and weapons and more fighters. This means those who fight in 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 from the Guardian Islamic Jurist in Tehran, is for these fighters to tighten their grip on the coastal cities in Syria and link these cities to Bekaa Valley in the south of 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, which pass through Aleppo and Homs, with the help 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 takes place.
No doubt, the Arabs have given the Free Syrian Army promises to stand by its side and support it. Some Western democracies did the same. All these countries, however, did not honour their promises to the Syrian opposition.
At the same time, Iran has provided all kind of possible support to the Assad regime. The Russians have done the same. Russian ships last week unloaded weapons at Tartus port. The shipment included modern weaponry. The Russians also offered the Assad regime political protection at the UN Security Council, as well as communication 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, had gathered on Arab lands to get Iraq out of Kuwait. Today, the Iranian army, under the umbrella of the Lebanese group 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 the occupied Lebanese villages. We were eager to see your party declaring victory over the enemy of the Arab nation. At this point, we would have celebrated with you and with your party. Now, however, you disappoint us by pointing your guns against a sovereign Arab country and asking your men to invade it with Persian support.
