[BILD1]Hizbollah kan kuppa bort Libanons regering redan i morgon. Det är det hot som libanesiska Hizbollahs ledare Nasrallah uttryckte 31 oktober. Det är i många stycken ett språkbruk som påminner om när huvudstäderna i Östeuropa stad efter stad föll i kommunisternas händer:
”We think that the natural solution for this problem is a national unity government. In suggesting a national unity government, we are not trying to settle scores with anyone… We are now calling for unity and accord, not for score-settling and vengefulness… We are suggesting a national unity government in a positive spirit. The other group [i.e. the March 14 Forces] has two options: The first is to sacrifice Lebanon and to involve it in the regional tensions just so they can [continue to] rule on their own. The second option is to seize this golden opportunity for we Lebanese to cooperate and save our country…
”In the consultation,(3) we may agree on a national unity government with a new composition, a new prime minister, and new policy guidelines. In that case, the present government will resign and will be replaced by a national unity government, which will receive a vote of confidence from the parliament and will run the country. Alternatively, the present government can stay, but in an adjusted and expanded [format], in which case there will be no need for new policy guidelines… or for a vote of confidence… We hope that such a consultation will indeed be held… We regard it as a golden opportunity that must not be missed…
”If the consultation does not lead to [the establishment of] a national unity government, the political forces will have no choice but to take to the streets, and they will do so. In that case, the goal will no longer be [the establishment of] a national unity government, but rather early parliamentary elections. If the forces currently in power [i.e. the March 14 Forces] do not agree to [hold] early elections, we will work to topple the government and establish an interim government, and then we will call for early parliamentary elections…”
Det är klarspråk om hur man vill använda gatans och våldets makt. Om inte den lagliga regeringen böjer sig skapar man sin egen.
Den totalitära islamismens slöja faller sakta ner over några av historiens mest klassiska städer. Under den döljer sig mörkrets krafter. Den delar samhällen mellan dem som välkomnar öppenhet och modernitet och de som slåss för slutenhet och ett förtryck som borde höra historien till.