You guys can spin it any way you like.
1. there can be no investigation in Lebanon as the lead investigator & his family will be killed before the outcome
2. Hezbollah has been bullying the govt and most notable was closure of Beirut last govt formation
3. What is Hezbollah concerned about? Perhaps loss of crucial cross sectional & public support?
Blame is on both sides, but please don't try and spin that Hezbollah is innocent in the assassination. If not directly responsible, they know who is.
Remember the last time war was waged with Israel, which Hezbollah won thank god, bridges to the north were destroyed as were entire neighborhoods. Why? Because reinforcement of troops and munitions was going through Sunni & Christian neighbourhoods. So the south as some of you have put it, were not the only ones who suffered the Zionist invasion.
Now let us all pray that common sense and civility takes over before the place erupts into civil war, or should I say a massacre as only 1 true army exists in Lebanon.
As for Hariri's death. Don't really care. It is in the past, and knowing who did won't bring closure. Quite the opposite.
1. That is a cop out. The STL has said, although conviniently, that it has no jurisdiction to investigate the false witnesses. Therefore, the onus is on the Lebanese to investigate them. In 2009, an arrest warrant has been issued against Mohammed Siddiq, who miraculously just "disappeared" while in French custody. The Lebanese judiciary has sat idle on it ever since. General Jamil al Sayeed already sumitted a lawsuit to the Lebanese judiciary against his false imprisonment, and again, the Lebanese judiciary sat idle. He then had no option but to go to Syria and file the lawsuits against 33 people, in order to get something done! And since Nov of last year, the Opposition itself has called for the false witness case to be referred to the higher judicial council (as per govt decree regarding the assination), and yet the Feb14 alliance insist on the normal Lebanese judiciary - there are some flaws with this; firstly, all matters pertaining to the crime was transferred to the higher Judicial council; secondly, there is a arrest warrant for the Attorney General himself in regards to his role in the false imprisonment of General Sayeed; thirdly, two opposing sides has two different avenues they wanted to pursue - the opposition called for the cabinet to convene and VOTE to where to send the file! and still feb14 refused; and lastly, if the false witness is furphy as some clueless, ill-informed feb14 people want to claim, they could have transferred the file to Justice Council/voted on where to send it and come out clean and spared Lebanon the circus - why did they run away from the whole thing all together?
2. How did HA bully the govt? It asked time and time again to have the false witness case investigated. It asked for consensus - nothing. It asked for a vote - nothing. What more do you want it to do? Afterall, this very court that based it's investigations on false witnesses and circumstantial evidences is about to "indict" some of it's members. Do you blame HA for wanting to get to the bottom of who is planning what for Lebanon? To get true justice by actually wanting to bring some credibility and have the false witnesses pursued? The false witness file will bring about many explosive revelations on who was behind them - and this is why certain parties/countries refuse to open it.
3 By his own admission, Jeffrey Feltman (US Ambassador) said the US has spent $500m to tarnish the reputation of Hezbollah over the past few years.
4. Hezbollah had most to lose by the killing. In fact, RH was HA best international cover. Not only that, HA has always stayed out of the dirty political game in Lebanon. After the assisination, they were dragged into the ugly politics and had to protect itself. On top of that, they have had to deal with the Sunni-Shia chaotic plan that was being set in motion by outside forces.
5. They might very know who is - did you not hear and see some of the evidence he had against Israel. If it was not "definitive" proof, it was at least enough to send the tribunal in another direction. But it was gone, without a trace, not seriously even considered. The SLT has little credibility. The false witnesses that misled it and the buck-passing on how to investigate them. The multiple resignations. The constant leaks in what is supposed to be a "secret" investigation. The wikileaks revelations about it and foreign influence. The unwillingness to pursue any other countries, despite motive and revelations (even by well respected journalists Seymour Hersh and HA evidences presented). The reliance on phone records despite the dozens of Israeli spies in the Telecom area. The circumstantial evidences that STL chief himself said he will rely on. Just to name a few
Not only that, the false witness file HA want investigated will shed many lights on many people.