Current Events > Hezbollah leader says only US military should be targeted in retaliatory attacks

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https://www.axios.com/hezbollah-leader-citizens-retribution-soleimani-fac58a08-e38f-4ab2-8126-6a37fac1e525.html

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's Iran-allied Hezbollah movement, said during a speech Sunday that only U.S. military assets, not U.S. civilians, should be targeted in retaliatory attacks for the killing of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, according to the Washington Post.

"It is the U.S. military that killed Haj Qasem, and they must pay the price."
Hassan Nasrallah, using an honorific for Soleimani

Why it matters: President Trump tweeted Saturday that the U.S. military has 52 Iranian targets in the event that Iran or its proxies strike American assets, including cultural sites. The threat prompted outrage from Iranian officials, who accused Trump of advocating war crimes.

What he's saying: Nasrallah said targeting non-military Americans would benefit Trump, according to WashPost.

"There are many U.S. civilians in our region engineers, businessmen, journalists. We will not touch them. Touching any civilian anywhere in the world will only serve Trumps policy."

When calling for retribution, "we do not mean the American people," he said. "The true, just retribution for those who conducted this assassination is an institution, which is the U.S. military. We will launch a battle against those killers, those criminals."

Between the lines: During the speech, Nasrallah avoided mentioning Lebanon as a potential site to launch retaliation attacks and distanced the country from Iran, saying "we are not tools to be directed by Iran."

Lebanon has been shaken by protests against political elites, including Hezbollah leadership.

The big picture: By interfering in a conflict between Iran and the U.S., Hezbollah could squander the political benefits it will gain from forming a new Lebanese government with a Hezbollah nominee as prime minister.

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That's some smart fuckin' propaganda, gotta say.

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You know you're a trash president when even terrorists have a better concept of optics

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Well that's just downright sensible.

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Lebanon does not need to be involved in any more wars, this man needs to go.
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Makes sense, but we'll see if they follow through with it.

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Literal Jihadist sounds more intelligible than US president.
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Blue_Dream87 posted...

You know you're a trash president when even terrorists have a better concept of optics

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Blue_Dream87 posted...

You know you're a trash president when even terrorists have a better concept of optics

This post implies that American presidents aren't terrorists.

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This is about as trustworthy as Dear (Orange) Leader.

Anybody who falls for this is an idiot.

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Pseudomenon posted...

This post implies that American presidents aren't terrorists.

One side's terrorist is another side's presidential leader.

Pseudomenon posted...

This post implies that American presidents aren't terrorists.

Well that depends on perspective. Most at least try not to look like the bad guy. Even Bush fell more towards incompetent than pure vindictiveness.(Not that the war he dragged us into wasn't awful)

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PostCrisisJ2 posted...

This is about as trustworthy as Dear (Orange) Leader.

Anybody who falls for this is an idiot.

Just look at most of the replies in this topic. Taking the bait hook, line and sinker.

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