KnobbyBerri
...perennial Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians...
has ruled out a broad Israeli war on Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...while stressing the need to "stop the genocidal war that Israel is waging on the Paleostinian people."
In an interview with the Milan-based Avvenire newspaper, which is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, Berri added that "Lebanon does not need new agreements to restore calm and stability in the (southern) border area," noting that "there is a resolution issued by the U.N. Security Council carrying the number 1701 and Lebanon is committed to all its stipulations."
"The international community must press Israel to halt its violation of the terms of this resolution," the Speaker said.
As for the presidential vacuum crisis, Berri said: "Give me 10 days of dialogue among all parliamentary blocs and take a finalization of this juncture."
"Catered meals, of course"
"Dialogue among the blocs would be aimed at reaching an agreement on one, two, three or four candidates within seven to 10 days, in order to go to parliament’s hall and finalize the election with a parliamentary, constitutional and national quorum," the Speaker added.