Thursday, March 4, 2010

Cracks in the Axis

Looks like Syria and Hezbollah are both fearful of Israeli strength. Check this out from Stratfor:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent visit to Damascus was a failure, a STRATFOR source said March 4. Syrian President Bashar al Assad told Ahmadinejad and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah that he will not enter into a regional war on Iran’s behalf. Assad said Hezbollah is concerned that war will damage its position in Lebanon, and that he knows Nasrallah asked French senate leader Gerard Larcher, who was in Beirut recently, to use his good offices with Israel to persuade Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to not go to war against Hezbollah. STRATFOR’s source received information indicating that Nasrallah asked Larcher to tell the Israelis that Hezbollah will not disturb their peace in the north and will not fire the first shot in any new conflict.

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