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Sheikh Qassem: Lebanese officials must also prioritize rebuilding the state economically and socially, as well as returning the depositors’ funds.
Sheikh Qassem: The second priority is reconstruction, and I call on the Lebanese government to place this item first on the agenda of its next session.
Sheikh Qassem: Lebanese officials must prioritize ending Israeli aggression, its violations, its occupation, and securing the release of prisoners.
Sheikh Qassem: We are part of the new era and partners in its benefits, and we want those who previously took certain stances for specific reasons to reconsider them in order to build the country.
Sheikh Qassem: We say to the servants of Israel: return to your national sense so that we can work together.
Sheikh Qassem: The servants of "Israel"; their sedition has destroyed Lebanon, and they always act in ways that break those around them and destabilize the country.
Sheikh Qassem: You did not succeed in eliminating us, and you will not succeed. No single component can be isolated, and you will not achieve through pressure what you failed to achieve through war.
Sheikh Qassem: Whoever thinks they can isolate the resistance is delusional.
Sheikh Qassem: The Lebanese state must act more and confront Israeli violations with greater strength.
Sheikh Qassem: Israel is now trying to eliminate the resistance through continued pressure and aggression, but by political means.

Aggression on Lebanon 'could not have happened' without US: Ex US Col.

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 4 Oct 2024 21:02
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Colonel Douglas Macgregor admits during a podcast that "Israel's" aggression cannot take place without the full support and technical backing from the United States.

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    A photographer runs for cover as smoke rises in the background following an Israeli airstrike in Dahyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, on October 4, 2024. (AP)

What needs to be understood concerning Israeli aggression in Lebanon is that "it could not have happened at all without us," former senior US Defense Department official, military historian, and retired US Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor asserted.

"Israel" has killed 1,974 people and wounded 9,384 others since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the country on October 8, 2023, and its expansion about a week ago.

The retired colonel expressed during a podcast interview with Judge Andrew Napolitano that the US, along with its considerable ISR assets, the Air Force, and the US Navy, engaged in supporting the "invasion" of Lebanon by "Israel", citing the US capability of harvesting extremely sensitive information that Israelis would not be capable of retrieving on their own. 

Macgregor affirmed that when such "successful operations" take place in Lebanon or other locations, "it’s not an Israel-only operation by any means," adding that even though this is a dangerous endeavor, the prime minister of the occupation, Benjamin Netanyahu, does not see it as such.

The reason, according to Macgregor, is that Netanyahu is "waging a ruthless war of extermination against his enemies," explaining how Netanyahu has already vocalized who his enemies are: "The people in Gaza, Arabs in the West Bank, and the Arabs south of the Litani river," in addition to "very lucrative targets across Syria."

The former colonel noted that this is a "very powerful war" and the US is simply "operating on autopilot."

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"We’re just flying in the direction... we’re helping it. We’re enabling it. We’re pushing it," he emphasized, detailing that the American people are not being consulted on these matters because "everyone in Washington is quite comfortable with what’s happening."

BREAKING: White House now pushing for regime change in Lebanon, officials say they want to take advantage of Israel's attacks on Hezbollah leadership.

Can you see what's going on yet?

— Douglas Macgregor (@DougAMacgregor) October 4, 2024

Who is Douglas Macgregor? 

Douglas Abbott Macgregor played a significant role in an early tank battle during the Gulf War and served as a top planner for the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999.

In his 1997 book, Breaking the Phalanx, he advocated for radical reforms within the United States Army.

After leaving the military in 2004, Macgregor became increasingly politically active.

Macgregor has been highly critical of US military engagement, advocating for a more restrained foreign policy and questioning the effectiveness of traditional military approaches. 

In November 2023, he criticized US aid to Ukraine, posting on X: "We have sent almost all of our war stocks, weapons systems, and ammunition to Ukraine. We don't have a great deal left. The war in Ukraine is lost. Make peace, you fools!"

In August 2023, Macgregor highlighted the possibility of US-supplied weapons to Ukraine ending up on the black market.

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