Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Hizbullah and the sinking ship

I was listening to the news broadcast of Hizbullah on Al-Manar TV the other day.  You can discern clearly that the party is now moving (albeit slightly) away from the early provocative and wrong-headed stance of Hasan Nasrallah.  Don't get me wrong: their coverage is still lousy but there is a trend that shows the party is expressing in its own way frustrations with the conduct of the regime.  You will, for example, find that the coverage of the Amal Movement on NBN is closer to the Syrian regime than Al-Manar.  The broadcast for example included remarks by Qadri Jamil.  Is Hizbullah now closer to Moscow than to Syria?