Lebanese president vows to arm military with advanced weaponry

To use them again against Israel. they already have weapons and look whats happend last week, they started shooting because of a tree. Imagin they have more and more weapons to fire at Israel and the Lebanese will fled up north all the way to Beirut.

The Lebanese shoot at an Israeli outpost within Israel during an arranged and regular exercise of trimming trees on Israeli territory and then have the gall to characterize homicide carried out by their forces as "Israeli aggression". Really, Israel needs to take this place out. The Lebanese have, sadly, become as crazy, as delusional, as barbaric, as evil as much or the Islamic world. Israel should lay down specific consequences for Lebanese aggression and it should be permanent loss of land, including water resources. Something needs to be done to give pause to these homicidal maniacs.

Lebanon, provokes, initiates and murders Israeli's, now use it as rationalization, to increase its weaponry at the Lebanese/Israeli border. How many times, how many staged incidents, how many fabrications is the world to endure before we say enough is enough. Everybody knows the Lebanese started it, yet here we are listening to the Lebanese President, Michel Suleiman, blatantly lie to the world press, and refer to the Lebanese attack as "Israeli Aggression". More lies from well known liars, and some...mainly anti-Israeli writers... still believe accusations made against Israel, even when the only source are people who have been proven time and again, that they cannot be trusted.

Gazan farmers and sheep herders who are on the Gazan side of the fence tending to their farms and herd because they're "close" to the separation barrier. Give it a rest, what's good for the goose is good for the ......

'On Tuesday, while Israeli troops were trimming a tree on the border fence between Israel and Lebanon, Lebanese soldiers opened fire at an observation post some 300 meters from the fence in Israeli territory. A senior Israel Defense Forces officer was killed, and another was seriously wounded. Two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist were also killed in the ensuing clashes.' This is not what happened.

Cut funding to Lebanon's government completely, the fallacy that we're funding a 'pro-western' government or future ally is false. They can't even disarm Hezbollah, because Hezbollah owns them.

Congress is already having second thoughts over US military aid to Hezbollastan -- I mean Lebanon.

The lebanes president needs to equip the lebanese army with some advanced lebanese instead of the monkeys with machine guns that are presently in his army..

both sides.War can not be the answer.Let diplomacy work and help avoid such mistakes in the future.

Hariri hugs the murderers of his own father. The country politico is run by religious extremists. The national army is taking orders from a terror group, and the Ayatollah is choreographing the show. Mohamed must be so very proud......

Hariri hugs the murderers of his own father. The country politico is run by religious extremists. The national army is taking orders from a terror group, and the Ayatollah is choreographing the show. Mohamed must be so very proud......

Hariri hugs the murderers of his own father. The country politico is run by religious extremists. The national army is taking orders from a terror group, and the Ayatollah is choreographing the show.

Nothing like this imbecile inflaming tensions over a tree-trimming.

Lebanon rearms, only to get (re)clobbered. Why not sue for peace, you imbecils?

Lebanon should consider building an alliance with superpower Iran. An alliance with Iran is much better than having to obey the US spokesman who declared: Israel should be allowed to cross the fence into the lebanese side when Israel feels like it.

Every country has a right to defend especially if you have enemies as your neighbor. Lebanon should get the most advance weapons possible from wherever possible. Nobody especially Israel should cry over it. Israel get all the weapons it wants from everywhere so why not Lebanon???

Not because it cannot lambaste Lebanon, but because it has lost alot politically. Such an inept bunch diplomats, yet Israelis are supporting them. Pathetic really. It's not about being leftist or rightist, but they still don't get that. BinBoy and his circle are harming Israel.

Not because it cannot lambaste Lebanon, but because it has lost alot politically. Such an inept bunch diplomats, yet Israelis are supporting them. Pathetic really. It's not about being leftist or rightist, but they still don't get that. BinBoy and his circle are harming Israel.

Not because it cannot lambaste Lebanon, but because it has lost alot politically. Such an inept bunch diplomats, yet Israelis are supporting them. Pathetic really. It's not about being leftist or rightist, but they still don't get that. BinBoy and his circle are harming Israel.

About time!

his whole foregin policy and muslim outreach is a complete failure. He is the one exacerbating all of the tensions by not taking a firm stance against these kinds of regimes and statements.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman toured Saturday the area where Lebanese and Israeli military forces clashed and vowed to arm the country's troops with advanced weaponry. Enough is enough!

France and the USA shouls stop arming the Lebanese Army. It is controlled by Hezbollah.

Now ew know what the US $750 million will be spent on......weapons no doubt.

How about equipping the Lebanese army with advanced humans. Killing is a necessary part of war. Starting a war by selectively targeting individuals who are not firing at you is murder when the other side has not fired on you.

Like being attacked by piranha, Israel is being tested by her neighbors. These microattacks are the new strategy. While Arabs diligently attempt to keep "fear" alive, notice how these Arab attacks are not condemned. That is no mistake. Instead, the onus rather consistently falls to Israel to explain her retaliation. How to stop the microattacks? Use so-called dis-proportionate force. It should be called conditioning force. The lesson is learned very quickly this way.

Good, more toys for Israel to destroy. The children of Islam are playing with matches with gasoline soaked hands.

It is Obama who continues dialogue with Iran ,even though Iran openly declares that it will now pursue an even fraster uranium enrichment process ,it is Obama that arms the lebanese army knowing very well that means arming the terrorist Hizballa,both Iran and Hizbolla openly declare their intention of destrying Israel and wiping it off the map of the earth ,Obama judgement must be called into question and his understanding of the Middle east conflict questioned .Israelis must ask is the President of the USa friend or foe?

This way, when a REAL war is instigated by Hezbolla and LAF with Israel, they can't say that Israel kicked their butts all over the place because the IDF has better weaponry. I say give them whatever they want in terms of weapons, the better their weapons, the more the IDF is justified in unleashing complete havoc on them ;)

OR WE WILL SEE ANOTHER SIX DAY WAR SENIORO BUT IT WON'T BE OVER IN SIX DAYS

YOU OPENED FIRE on Israelis who were on their OWN SIDE of the border TRIMMING A TREE and now you need more weapons to RESIST "ISRAELI AGGRESSION"?

JUST IN CASE

Israel is not the only party to the tragedy that is hurling petrol upon the flames. Lebanon, which has the curious distinction of being the ONLY Arab nation invaded by Israel before it could invade Israel has decided to answer pleas for calm with incendiary language. It appears that the leaders on both sides are hopped up and ready to escalate.

Israeli governments would be much less likely to start a war every time they need an opinion poll boost if there was a chance Lebanon could defend themselves, even slightly.

'Just because they don't wear uniform does'nt make them civilians'. That's true but most off the 1000 killed were actually woman and children, what have you got to say about that Dan???

Is that it okay for the Lebanese kill Israelis but its not ok for the Israelis to kill the Lebanese. situation in the sense of I can hit you but you can't hit me. I know Natalie Durson the anti-semite and anti-Israeli and Chris Linthwaite the Anti-Israeli will agree with the Lebanese policy because any steps other than appeasement from Israel is wrong to them or to little. Fo

Israel has acted in the past years in a way that has brought all its neighbours to a state of defence. This is surely going to make things much harder fo Israel as all the countries around Israel has had enough and is arming itself for war. WELL DONE ISRAEL, CONTINUE THE BAD WORK TO BRING THIS REGION INTO FURTHER TURMOIL. I believe Isreal has already started blaming France and the USA for selling arms to Lebabon, am I right?

Now the truth comes out about Lebanon using arms from Syria and Iran. I feel sorry for the innocent, peace-loving and democratic Lebanesze caught between the hatred and stipudity of the political Lebanese government and the Hezbullah who think they'll run the world someday. Keep dreaming morons.

You try to get Shalit back home and most probably you'll make another war that will kill hundred and I hope not thousands of Israelis. Isn't easier to make peace with your neighbours. Of course if you need more land, more water, Jerusalem and control of everything, it's better to make a few more wars...... until you'll get defeated and" that all folks".

Israeli right-wing IDF will fully disregard both LAF's and Hezbollah's warning for a confrontation with more advanced weapons. The IAF will be called in to bomb civil targets inside Lebanon and Lebanon will simply answer the aggression by firing missiles at the center of Tel Aviv. Uhhh ohhh...Israeli civilians will get killed and Israel will figure out that the glory days of the IDF are history. So to all Israeli Talkbackers: becareful about what you ask for. A new era started since Lebanon is no longer to be seen as a weak target.

If there is any instability in the region it is becasue of Israel. Israelis invaded Syrian nuclear sites, they attacked Gaza, lebonan, and planning to attack iran. Israeli dont recognize any border and in violation of international law making settlement. Israel is the only country in the middle east whcih has nuclear bombs and has not signed NPT. They are thugs blackmailing the world.

Lebanon has every right to build up their army and weaponry. But to say that it is because of Israeli agression is completely fabricated. There have been 2 incidents since 2006. Both perpatrated by the Lebanese themselves and both times ending with the death of military men. Do not give me the "invading Lebanese airspace" storyline......as we all know all countries at one time or another do it....and nobody gets killed.

Stop bullying Lebanon and Syria. Stop bullying peace activist. Open Gaza borders. Sign NPT. Give back Golan and you'll get peace with Syria. Given back Seeba farms and you'll get peace with Lebanon. Compensate displaced Palestinians ( with american and european money most probably) As a gift you'll be recognized by all arab countries.

A nation which is devided within itself, and has a terroist group as huzbula as a major military force, even stronger than the armey itself, Is talking about dignity??? Lebanon is upside down and going backwards all the way to stone age policy which is similar to Iranian rejime of Islamic terrorist fanatisism. Dignity. Lebanon. What a joke.

"Israel will launch a diplomatic campaign calling on the United States and France to stop their military assistance to Lebanon following Tuesday's exchange of fire on the northern border." - HAARETZ Of course the US and France should continue arming the Lebanese Army. Without reasonable arms and equipment, the Lebanese Army is a laughing stock, enabling Hizballah to claim that they are the real defenders of Lebanon, and this claim makes sense to the Lebanese people and others too. That was the situation before the 2006 war. Israel has no reason to fear the Lebanese Army. Whatever they used in the present incident is nothing compared to what Israel is able to bring to the front. Indeed, being its arms supplier gives the US some pressure ability on the army's behavior. Israel should confine itself to what it was doing successfully until now: Preventing sales of anti-air missiles that could shoot down Israeli overflights in Lebanon.

... was apparently more than he could bear.

Of the 1000 dead, most were women and children. Keep telling your self the propaganda the Israeli government wants you to hear if it makes you feel better, but the fact is it was Genocide.

Lebanon will "cooperate with UNIFIL in the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701." really ? the Lebanese government will act to disarm hizbullah?? Don't make me laugh please

Everyone has a right to defend themselves.

Simply buy from china, china is manufacturing cheap product for export but China military stuff are not that much bad, at least it will give Lebanese army some confident against ruthless criminal of Israel army. who r killing civilians & children s & womens.

maybe the israeli pm or peres should make a visit to the border.it seems the israeli army's morale is really low.its normal for israeli arrogance not to let any move from the oppossing side goes unreplied.but your arrogance shall be of no avail.gone are those days.

is using the classic technique of unifying the population against a common people

he supports all islamic terrosits groups in lebanon

Israel wants to turn the Lebanese army to police working to protect sraeli settlements and Israeli soldiers on the northern border just as Jordanian army doing along its borders with Palestine as well the Egyptian army,this is the role that Israel wanted from the Lebanese army but this didint happen thats why israel today feel shocked from the corporation b/w Hezbollah and the Lebanese army The Lebanese government needs to exercise its right quickly as possible in order to obtain sophisticated weapons from Iran, Syria, Korea, Russia, China fully as Israel got weapons from Europe and the United States of America enough is enough Israel has been in the past occupy all of Lebanon within a week, today Israel is no longer able to cut one tree.

Arming the military is aimed at "protecting the dignity of the nation," he added. maybe he should be more worried about keeping his citizens safe and less worried how his image in the arab world.

These lebanese are so pathetic.How he speaks about dignity in a country ruled by a terrorist group and whose president sits and talks with his father's killers,

Of the 1000 dead lebanese, the majority of those killed where hezbollah operatives. Just because they don't wear a uniform doesn't make them civilians.

I must congratulate Israel for bringing great tension to the middle east. I dont think any other country would have shown such success. Now it is time to reverse the politics as neighbours are showing their teeth and time has come to revert to peace talks. NETANYAHU SHALL SOON START PEACE TALKS. ITS ALLPART OF ISRAELI BRAINWASHING ITS PUBLIC FOR ELECTION.

I would start with some APC's those 60's era M113 are death traps. Right that is your budget done for the next 10 years.

the best Stckholm syndrome case i saw in years