BEIRUT (Reuters) - Pro-Syrian Hizbollah guerrillas will keep their weapons despite U.S. calls to disarm and Syria's withdrawal from Lebanon, the group's chief said on Wednesday.
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"I'm holding on to the weapons of the resistance because I think the resistance ... is the best formula to protect Lebanon and to deter any Israeli aggression," [The group's leader, Sheikh Hassan] Nasrallah said in a live interview with Hizbollah's al-Manar television.
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They give Chimpy the finger. So what does he do?
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Nasrallah's comments came as President Bush tried to clarify remarks in which he left the door open for Hizbollah to have a political role in Lebanon if it disarmed.
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What did he call it? Oh yeah, 'resolve'. Didn't we hear that during the campaign? 'President Bush has resolve'. He will see this through'. Yeah, well, that's resolve. He calls for Hizbollah to disarm, they say 'fuck you, make us', and Dicknose has to back down. Know why? Because everybody except the 51% of us who believe the Repub propaganda, knows we're stretched so thinly that we'd have serious problems responding to another crisis. So now everybody feels they can drop their drawers and say 'kiss my ass, you moronic chimp'.
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Nasrallah said: "We are ready to remain a terrorist group in the eyes of George Bush to the end of time but we are not ready to stop protecting our country, out people and their blood and their honor."
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In New York-ese: 'Shut the fuck up and mind your own goddamn business. We don't give a fuck what you think of us and if you get in our way, we're gonna bust your ass. You come in my neighborhood, you're gonna leave in a bag.'
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Bush repeated U.S. demands that Syria withdraw all troops and intelligence personnel from Lebanon to allow for free elections in May.
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He can repeat and repeat; that only works in Jesusland. Like I always say, it's hard to fight someone who looks forward to meeting their maker. That's what they don't understand. The best way to fight terrorism is not to kill as many of them as you can, it's to give the people of the region hope. If they have no hope for a future, meeting Allah and the virgins ahead of schedule looks mighty appealing.
