Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah says
the United States and Britain pushed Ukraine into war, as Washington ditches its
plan to send Polish fighter jets to Ukraine after Warsaw finally agreed to the
idea.
According to experts, the next few days will be critical for
the tide of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Experts have noted Moscow
will advance on its goals soon while Washington is looking to prolong the war,
with observers highlighting it is not in the US interest to end at this moment
now.
In what had been a long thought out plan, Poland finally
agreed to provide all its MiG-29 fighter jets (28 planes in total) to the US,
which in turn was supposed to hand them over to Ukraine and replace the Polish
fleet with American made fighter jets. This was a strong request by the
Ukrainian government.
Ukraine’s embattled armed forces desperately need warplanes.
However, any new jets need to be ones that Ukrainian pilots have been trained
to operate, which means they have to be Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets.
Western countries have been increasingly supplying arms to
Ukraine to avoid a swift Russian victory. But so far all the anti-tank and
anti-aircraft missiles transferred have only helped slow down the Russian
advance.
Analysts say what is left of Ukraine’s air force will
sustain further losses and it will soon reach the point where it is unable to
defend itself from attack in the skies. A new fleet of warplanes would ensure
(at least for a limited period) the air space above Ukraine remains contested,
and would perhaps make Russia think twice about airstrikes on the capital Kyiv.
However, Washington appeared stunned by Poland’s
announcement and the Pentagon has now dismissed the whole operation citing ‘logistical
challenges’.
Was the whole idea just to boost Ukraine’s morale after Kyiv
voiced its anger at its allies for lack of support?
Referring to the abandonment of Ukraine, Sayyed Hassan
Nasrallah, affirmed that the wounded who fought the Israeli occupation are the
witnesses in a time of denial, and evidence of the continuation of the
resistance."
Nasrallah, who made the remarks during a speech on the
annual Lebanese occasion ‘Day of the Wounded’ indicated that the events in
Ukraine are very important in terms of lessons and lessons learned from them,
and said, "Washington calls on Russia not to target civilians, so what
does it have to say about the victims of American wars?"
Nasrallah recalled that American planes bombed Afghan
weddings, and claimed that they were training centers for militants”, despite
later acknowledging women and children had been killed.
In related context, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah
asked, "What about the Israeli massacres and war crimes in occupied
Palestine, and the siege of Gaza?" He added, "And what about the
massacres of the Saudi coalition against civilians in Yemen? Why is the world
silent about the siege of Yemen?"
Sayyed Nasrallah stressed that those who belong to the world
of the white man are just a commodity and a tool for the Americans, adding that
thousands of trial sessions must be held for the American and European armies
because of their crimes all over the world.
He explained that the world was silent about the Takfiris'
targeting of Friday prayers in Pakistan last week, stressing that Washington is
not satisfied with not condemning the Israeli crimes in Palestine, but rather
prevents the world from condemning them as well.
Sayyed Nasrallah declared that there is daily evidence in
the world that trusting the Americans is stupidity, foolishness, ignorance, and
neglect of the nation and the homeland, adding, we have all seen how the United
States left Afghanistan and abandoned those who trusted it there."
He pointed out that several European countries, including
Germany, did not want things in Ukraine to reach the point where they are now,
and stressed that the United States and Britain pushed Ukraine into war.
He added, "Washington stresses daily that it will not
send American planes and soldiers to Ukraine, despite the fact that it pushed
the region to war”. He says Washington is effectively telling the Ukrainians
“you fight [against Russia], we are not ready to fight for your sake.. the most
we can do is impose sanctions because we have a goal to weaken Russia, the
reality is your problems are not our problems.”
The Hezbollah Chief stressed that there is a feeling of
betrayal and disappointment among Ukrainian officials, and Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky has backed down, he is now ready to discuss Moscow's
demands, if the US allows him because he knows clearly that those who promised to
stand beside him and support him.. abandoned him."
On the level of humane treatment of refugees fleeing armed
conflict, Sayyed Nasrallah clarified that dealing with refugees exposes
discrimination based on religion, race, and color. Is this Western civilization?
Nasrallah addressed the Lebanese officials, saying that submission
to American dictates will not save Lebanon, but rather will increase its
problems.
The Hezbollah Secretary-General indicated that Lebanon voted
against Russia at the United Nations, although it could have chosen to abstain
from the vote, explaining that Lebanon is required to tell the Americans that
the Lebanese are not slaves to it, as this is what sovereignty dictates.
Sayyed Nasrallah said, "The statement issued by the
Lebanese Foreign Ministry regarding Ukraine was written in the US
embassy," and asked, "Where is the disassociation that the government
calls for? Why did the advocates of neutrality remain silent in front of the
Lebanese statement?"
He added, "All the talk we heard about neutrality and
disassociation is just an excuse to evade responsibilities towards the
Palestinian cause and the war on Syria and Yemen," noting that "when
it comes to the Americans, the talk about neutrality and disassociation
disappears."
Nasrallah clarified, "The Foreign Ministry's statement
regarding the Russian operation in Ukraine drops the lie and delusion that
Hezbollah dominates the decisions made by the Lebanese state."
He asked, "If Hezbollah had dominated the state's
affairs, would the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have issued a statement of this
kind?"
On the issue of Lebanon's energy problems, Nasrallah revealed
for the first time that a Russian company submitted to Lebanon an offer over
the establishment of an oil refinery with Russian financial backing.
He added that the Russian company announced its readiness to
secure all Lebanon's need for oil derivatives, and added that the company
confirmed that it is able to sell oil derivatives in the Lebanese currency, not
in US dollars.
Nasrallah said, "So far, Lebanon has not issued a
response, after negotiations that lasted for a year and a half with the Russian
company," noting that "the American embassy is preventing the
Lebanese response to the Russian offer."
He explained that "the Americans are preventing Lebanon
from moving towards the option with Russia without presenting an
alternative."
Nasrallah reiterated that "if Hezbollah had dominated
the decisions of the Lebanese state, the Russian offer would have been accepted
a year and a half ago and the energy shortage problems would have been
solved," calling on "Lebanese officials to take the decision and
accept the proposal because the queues have returned in front of the gas
stations."
The Secretary-General of Hezbollah concluded his speech by
calling on the Lebanese state to "save all the Lebanese stranded in
Ukraine, and to take care of those who managed to get out and reach
Lebanon," and demanded that it "a minimum level of freedom,
independence and patriotism, and to think about the country's interest."
