'What have we benefited from your war?': Aoun says diplomacy is not surrender
President Joseph Aoun hit back Sunday at those who have criticized the Lebanese state for pursuing diplomacy and negotiations.
"Some have asked about what we will get from negotiation, but I ask, 'What have we benefited from your war?' Negotiation is not a concession, diplomacy is not surrender and our contacts are ongoing to halt killing and destruction," said Aoun from Bkirki, where he attended Easter mass.
Aoun also said that he wants to spare south Lebanon from destruction on the scale seen in Gaza.
"It is true that Israel might want to do in southern Lebanon what it did in Gaza," Aoun said, after Israel launched airstrikes and a ground offensive against Hezbollah, destroying several southern Lebanese villages.
"Gaza was destroyed, over 70,000 people were killed, and they eventually sat down and negotiated, so why don't we negotiate... until we can at least save the homes that have not yet been destroyed?" he added.
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Some is the Hezbollah. Who are not Lebanese but Iranian. Happy Easter. Jesus has Risen!!!!!
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Iran proxy should have been named. True Shia are either living in Michigan or Africa and do not want this war but simply sending money to their families that's why they are gone.
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chrisrushlau the renowned autistic racist replied "it's not important if lebanon benefited from the irgc dragging it into this war as long as it's beneficial to the islamic republic of iran and its supreme leader. the suffering and destruction in lebanon is but a small sacrifice if it also means israel suffers a little".
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That lowlife christian hater is not autistic. His problem is that he barely has 1 or 2 neurons. He was diagnosed as such by the zoo where he lives.
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Still waiting for the racist, uneducated, antisemitic, anti-christian and brainless comments from alirushlau. Shame on naharnet for allowing him to spew his sectarian poison on their website. In another country, naharnet would have been sued for allowing people and sobs like 'chrisruslau' creating sectarian strife and hate with his dumb and hateful comments. If naharnet has some respect for itself, it would ban him from commenting. He is a racist simp and a clear brainless fulll of hate and lacking any intelligence.
"Some have asked about what we will get from negotiation"
But he cannot even name those who he referred to as "some"... LOL