U.S. adviser: Washington hopes to promote Hezbollah 'moderates'

I knew that the USA is smart enough to notice us, We're not in any Lebanese political party, But we're abiding International Laws. & we want peace with every country on earth. Humanity, thank you for noticing us, we're not political, but we have no power, I knew you were smart enough to notice it. Thank you USA. Love to all countries on earth.

The main goal of Hezbollah's political wing was to ensure that it's military wing operates legally under state cover, it is an extension of their military wing. In recent years however, I think the United States is has been trying a carrot and stick approach with Hezbollah to lure it into the political scene and away from military activities. I believe some elements in the US administration envisage HA undergoing a smooth transition that will diminish it's emphasis on military activities. This is not exclusive to Obama's administration but in fact started during the Bush administration time, although now it's more comfortable to talk about it in public.

The so-called new international dynamic environment, unipolar, America will fail in controlling the world in the coming years and it will be unique to the world's leader China, which is one of the most powerful economic and diets that will rid the world of U.S. hegemony.

It is just the enemy

What Brennan is referring to... is that Hezbollah has a political and military wing, as well as an extensive social-aide network. In Lebanese sectarian politics... this may prove to have a fracture the west can exploit. Hezbollah moderates is more of a faint hope... then anything else. Lebanon has recently gone through a regional elections with confusing results... and the US can’t simply sit on their hands and wait for a perfect alignment of the stars. The Obama administration is merely laying the groundwork for a frank dialogue with Saeed Hariri, who is about to visit Washington. And like Israel, has a difficult and coercive coalition to manage.

the same story w/hamas. the so-called moderates within hamas haven't been able to change the main direction of the movement an inch. in iran you've got plenty of moderates as well, & unmistakably so. once they raised their head in opposition to the core establishment they were finished. i'll get interested when you hear a more moderate language from the top hezbollah leadership. so far, the opposite is the case.

Hizbollah ran the IDF out of Lebanon in 2000. Thanks to Hizbollah, Lebanon is the only territory occupied by Israel for any appreciable time in which no settlements were built. Israel is an aggressive, expanding, oppressive, occupying power. It makes sense for Israels neighbors to be as well armed as possible.

What is wrong to talk them and disarm them before they kill many more innocent persons without a real fight ?

Moderates? Moderates? What moderates? Who's the Obama administratuion trying to kid? Most likley themselves, because they're not fooling anyone else. The moderates in Islam are the ones that will say please, but will continue to do the same things the same way. This Obama is an idiot a liar and oh yeah, an idiot.

moderate; they only want to destroy half Israel, kill half of its population? Tis Brennan guy is either a stalking horse for Obama and his misguided NSC or he is smoking hashish.

"Hezbollah not 'purely a terrorist organization'..." Yeah, just like the facists in Italy made the trains run on time; so they weren't all evil?

Another one of Oybamas bright ideas? Too late chum, their already assigned the title "TERRORISTS" and for damn good reason. Obama is easier to replace than our liberties and freedoms. Unbelievable idiocy.

This is the price of that failure. Official recognition of Hezbollah as a political force in Lebanon by the United States. The fact is hezbollah has achieved the tipping point when it comes to arming itself. The only option left is to talk to them

Funding should be provided to the Hizbollah officials that are responsible for sport, symphony orchestras, ballet and the arts. As members become embroiled with hard core terrorists in a cultural war, US persistence will pay dividends and bring peace to the region.

what a joke. its a political party with a private army which engages in terrorist activities. all the more dangerous

I am new here. Please can someone give me some examples of terrorist acts imputed to Hezbollah? Thank you.

Hizbollah is a terrorist organization and the moment one tries to figure which member in it is a murderer and which one isn't you have officially lost the war on terror.

the idea that hezbollah, which is an iranian proxy, would have "moderate elements" is amazing nonsense. hezbollah is a radical shia islamist group which takes its orders from the "jurisprudent," namely, the grand ayatollah khameini. hezbollah is wholly funded, trained and armed by iran. hezbollah does not have factions. hezbollah, meaning the "party of god," is a vertically structured and fully integrated group.

The fact that hezbollah is actually a breakaway group from an earlier one that's aim was to remove the Palestinians from Lebanon shows that they were not always so anti Israel although thats what they have come to be now. The group has transformed so much in its history and is now a large social provider for the Lebanese people. The US may as well try to promote moderate parts of the group, the political side over the terrorist side perhaps have what happened to Sien Fien and the IRA in Ireland. What harm can it do, but the benefits could be large.

Hezbollah is a terrorist group giving them a different status means that terrorism is not existing any more and legitimise them to launch more and more attacks world wide. Obama maybe is not an Israeli enemy on purpose but only because he is not so smart but anyway his politic is danger not only for Israel but also for the rest of the world

When a political party is an integral part of a terrorist organization, its oppononents know what to expect if they arouse the ire of that party. If the Republicans were a terrorist entity, Obama would have been toast. by now. Obama needs a new adviser.

who have one objective: destroy Israel in the name of the mullahs!

The idea of dialog was killed when Hamas first was elected, before the coup-counter-coup that gave them total rule in Gaza. Hamas almost recognized Israel. But the idea of dialog was abhorrent. I'll be surprised if Brennan has a job this time next week after floating this trial balloon. What makes the Obama admin think anybody would not just use this as a vehicle for criticism is beyond the pale. Or was this leaked by somebody with a Republican agenda?

Makes one wonder if Obama is capable of learning any more. After a failed open handed policy to Iran, his minions are now seeking to 'divide and conquer' Hizbollah. I now see where the US Attorney general didn't want to use the expression 'militant Islam' fits in. Obama has a lot to learn about the Arab/Middle eastern mentality.

They can't be any worse than Bibi & Co who treat President Obama like dirt.

The tenacity of the Western schemes to keep Arab and Muslim peoples under their sphere of dominance is formidable. They always have multi-layers appeoachs. Lebanon ethnic groups are well known for their inclination to make deals for immediate gains. Principles, national sovereignity and other values can be compromised for a little pay. Hezbullah came to prominance in the lebanese scene by reneging traditional dealing and wheeling. It became an instant household reality to ndesperate and humiliated Arabs when it was able to cut Israel myth of invincibilty in pieces twice. ending the occupation and dispanding the once feared SLA and defeating a world supported aggression against Lebanon that had for the first time Arab regimes openly siding with their 'ennemy -Israel' . Now the West is back to divide and conquer, ie. trying what worked for Gen. Patreaus in Iraq (Sahwat) and officer Lawrence (of Arabia) decades before (WW I). If Iran is brought to its knee, may be then Hezbullah would be broken.

The hard core hizballah terrorists want to decapitate any infidel...The "moderates" want to hang them with a nylon rope...

Only the besotted Arabists in the US State DEpartment can possibly come up with a delusional take that there are moderate elements in Hizbullah. Hisbullah has only one objective -- to control Lebanon and force all its citizens to become Shiite Muslims at the point of a sword. Its desire to destroy Israel is only a means toward achieving this goal as, in the Middle East, the more you hate Israel the greater your chances of winning popular support by the illiterate mob of benighted Arabs.