We Begin To See The Problem Here
First, it would appear that Tehran IS getting a bit nervous over the possibility of a Hezbollah defeat. They are trying to invoke "Muslim Unity" and get other Muslim nations to help stop the fighting. In other words, the original strategy that presumed that the West would rush to stop the fighting fell through.
The silence of the United Nations… and some Western countries' support for Zionist atrocities against defenceless children and women calls for a more active role by Muslim nations to put an end to these attacks," Ahmadinejad said.
The president, a fierce opponent of Israel's existence, also held telephone talks with leaders from Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and called for for an emergency meeting of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
But here is the most stunning thing I have read recently coming from Kofi Annan:
Annan said Friday that Syria and Iran should be involved in resolving the crisis since they "are two friendly countries" that clearly have influence on Hezbollah.
Wow. Just wow. Annan is either a complete fool or a complete tool. Or both. The puppetmasters of the war are "friendly"?
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The Scratching Post — July 23, 2006 @ 5:36 pm
By crosspatch, July 23, 2006 @ 12:05 pm
I believe he might have ment friendly with Hezbollah. If you take the meaning in that context, then the sentance makes better sense. Or it could have been re-written as “since they are friendly with, and clearly have influence on Hezbollah”.