MP Franjieh: Who Would Strike First, Israel or Hizbullah?
MP Samir Franjieh on Saturday said the March 14 majority alliance achieved through the policy statement draft a "passive victory" because the text as adopted "mentioned the resistance linked to safeguards."
Premier Fouad Saniora”s cabinet "would be able to rule only if we managed to activate national dialogue quickly, otherwise it would be a non-governing government," Franjieh said in a television interview.
He said the March 14 alliance would not adopt the option of "factional weapons to confront factional weapons."
Hizbullah, according to Franjieh, launched "a political confrontation and a military battle, only to accept the minimum possible" agreement in the end.
He said the United Nations has failed in preventing "the smuggling of weapons from Syria."
"Part of Lebanon”s problem is linked to the Iranian nuclear program. We face two probabilities: Either a strike by Israel against Iran and a response by Hizbullah, or a (preemptive) strike by Hizbullah against Israel to prevent the targeting of Iran," Franjieh concluded.