Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
You in Lebanon, your power is no match to Israel. Israel, militarily, is more powerful than you and maybe it is more powerful than all the Arab countries, or most of them.
It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.
Hizbullah is not a militia.
We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it.
The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.
Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.
I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
When we analyze this war in a materialistic way and ask when is it going to end and who will be the winner and the loser, it means that we do not see the endgame.
You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.
The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
Armies are not only for offensives.
It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.
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