By Mona Alami
COMMENT:
While I strongly support the Bahraini people in their uprising against their tyrant king and his House of Saud enablers, and I agree that Sayyed Nasrallah was fully justified in his criticism of the violent crackdown against the peaceful protesters, it would have added greatly to the credibility of Hizbullah if it took a similar position towards the Syrian uprising. Why the blatant double standards Sayyed Nasrallah?
"BEIRUT, Apr 21, 2011 (IPS) - Hezbollah’s hardening stance in the Bahraini crisis has sowed discord between Lebanon and the Gulf island, currently home to about 5,000 Lebanese expatriates. As the situation escalates, many fear that the status of other Lebanese in the rest of the Gulf could come under threat.
In recent weeks, some 16 Lebanese have been expelled from Bahrain. "These deportations came in the wake of the Bahrain protests and statements made by some Lebanese figures regarding the Bahraini internal political situation," Aziz Qazzi, Lebanon’s ambassador to Bahrain told IPS.
Further straining the relationship between Lebanon and Bahrain is the latter’s suspension of flights to and from Beirut. The move came in response to a speech made by Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, in which he criticized the Bahrain government’s handling of the protests....."
COMMENT:
While I strongly support the Bahraini people in their uprising against their tyrant king and his House of Saud enablers, and I agree that Sayyed Nasrallah was fully justified in his criticism of the violent crackdown against the peaceful protesters, it would have added greatly to the credibility of Hizbullah if it took a similar position towards the Syrian uprising. Why the blatant double standards Sayyed Nasrallah?
"BEIRUT, Apr 21, 2011 (IPS) - Hezbollah’s hardening stance in the Bahraini crisis has sowed discord between Lebanon and the Gulf island, currently home to about 5,000 Lebanese expatriates. As the situation escalates, many fear that the status of other Lebanese in the rest of the Gulf could come under threat.
In recent weeks, some 16 Lebanese have been expelled from Bahrain. "These deportations came in the wake of the Bahrain protests and statements made by some Lebanese figures regarding the Bahraini internal political situation," Aziz Qazzi, Lebanon’s ambassador to Bahrain told IPS.
Further straining the relationship between Lebanon and Bahrain is the latter’s suspension of flights to and from Beirut. The move came in response to a speech made by Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, in which he criticized the Bahrain government’s handling of the protests....."
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