What Do Nasrallah and Hezbollah Have Planned for Lebanon?

The following by Hilal Khashan is reposted here with permission of Middle East Forum:

Hezbollah's Plans for Lebanon

by Hilal Khashan
Middle East Quarterly
Spring 2013, pp. 81-86 (view PDF)

Hezbollah first became known to the Lebanese public in 1985 with its now-famous open letter, whose introductory statement read: "We are the sons of the umma (Muslim community)—of the party of God (Hezbollah), the vanguard of which was made victorious by God in Iran. … We obey the orders of one leader… that of our tutor and faqih [i.e., Ayatollah Khomeini]."[1] A year later Hassan Nasrallah, then an officer associated with the party's consultative council and now its supreme leader, made the organization's overall goals and strategy unmistakably clear: "We are incapable at the present time of installing the rule of Islam, but this does not mean postponing our ideology and project … We must work hard to achieve our goal, and the most important means of doing so is to transform Lebanon into a society of war."[2]

Mideast Media Sampler 5/27/13: Nasrallah Promises Victory As Hezbollah Faces Heavy Lossed In Syria

by David Gerstman, contributing blogger at Legal Insurrection

1) Who shot at Hezbollah? 

Shortly after Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah proclaimed victory in Syria ... 

The leader of the Lebanese Shia militant Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, has promised his supporters they will prevail in Syria, where they are backing President Bashar al-Assad. "This battle is ours... and I promise you victory," he said in a TV address. ... In the speech from an undisclosed location, Mr Hasrallah said if Sunni Islamists took over in Syria, they would pose a threat to the entire Lebanese population - Shia and Sunni Muslims, as well as Christians.

Syrian resistance is calling Nasrallah "the Dajjal". This is Arabic for: "That fat guy hiding in the basement of the Iranian embassy".
— Michael Ross (@mrossletters) May 26, 2013

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Arlene Kushner on the 2 Targets Hit By Israel in Syria

From Arlene Kushner
January 31, 2013

Hurray for Us

Officially, Israel isn't talking. But in this case there is no mystery as to "who done it."  Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, the Israeli Air Force struck twice. 

First, it hit a convey headed for Lebanon that carried anti-aircraft missiles. This highly sophisticated and portable weaponry was something that Nasrallah of Hezbollah had coveted; it would have changed the equation with regard to Israel's freedom of movement in the area -- as when we eventually do go to war with Hezbollah.