Head of Lebanese National Liberal Party Dori Chamoun Criticizes Hizbullah: Let's Not Be Like a Frog That Inflates Itself to the Size of a Bull

The following are excerpts from an interview with Dori Chamoun, head of the Lebanese National Liberal Party, which aired on Murr TV on December 22, 2009.

Dori Chamoun: The main issue is that of the weapons of Hizbullah. In my view, the weapons of Hizbullah cannot play any positive role. Therefore, acknowledging any role of these weapons is unrealistic and does Lebanon more harm than good.

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Interviewer: But the resistance achieved a victory in 2006.

Dori Chamoun: They consider it to be a victory. In my view, the death of over a thousand people, the wounding of thousands more, and the destruction of so many homes and buildings... We could have done without all of this. If not for the childish provocation of kidnapping two people – without taking the consequences into consideration, and ignoring what happened after the capture of Shalit in Gaza...

Interviewer: But perhaps this operation helped to release the Lebanese prisoners.

Dori Chamoun: No. We're a small country. Let's not be like a frog that inflates itself to the size of a bull. Let's stop this, let's act with a little sense, and learn from the past. We are a small country, and our only weapon is our relationship with the UN and with the superpowers in the UN.