The following are
excerpts from a speech given by
Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah,
which aired on Al-Manar TV on December 25, 2009.
Hassan Nasrallah:
They tell us that America is a civilized country. Blessed be Imam Khomeini
for calling it "the Great Satan." Throughout the history of
the human race, there has never been a country, a leadership, or an
elite as barbaric as they are in the USA. You could not find an elite
as hostile to the human race as the elite of the USA.
Crowds: Death
to America.
Death to America.
Death to America.
Death to America.
Hassan Nasrallah:
They don't kill people one by one. They kill them wholesale. Forget
about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was just a walk in the park compared
to where the US administration is taking the world. The main obstacle
preventing the international community from reaching an agreement about
climate change is the US administration and its policies. You should
follow this, because I don't want to spend all my time on this. You
should follow all the details, because this is about the future of the
human race on this planet. But the Americans – they know how to wear
their neckties properly, and know how to speak in diplomatic language,
but there is a beast lurking behind their neckties and diplomatic language.
This is the truth.
[...]
The wars that the US
is waging in the region and the world – are they really in order to
save the peoples and serve their interests? They say: We have come to
save the Afghan people, so we are killing it. This is salvation American-style.
They kill. They slaughter. They say: We want to save the Iraqi people,
so we are slaughtering it. Your predecessor [Saddam] was also a slaughterer,
so what is the difference? They want to save... Are these wars really
meant to save anyone? Are these wars waged in order to spread democracy?
Are these wars waged in order to instate justice and liberate mankind?
That's nonsense, and reality proves it. All these wars are for the sake
of the oil, of the gas... Once I had a TV interview, and I brought a
list.
[...]
They dismantled their
armies and military bases from all over the world, and brought them
here. Why? In order to save us from dictatorial regimes? The dictatorial
regimes are still there, and they are their allies. For the sake of
freedom of speech? No. In order to take over our resources and our wealth.
[...]
When it comes to an all-out
war on the level of the nation – I am telling you that the armies
are ready and the peoples are ready. The armies are ready, and the peoples
are ready. What is this Israel, in the heart of the Arab and Islamic
nation? Once there is a will among the elites – because the nation
has the will for that... Israel does not amount to more than a mouthful.
One bite and it's gone. But the problem lies in the will of the elites
in this nation.
