The Arab coalition he represented also insisted on setting a time frame for implementing UN Security Council resolutions, including Resolution 1559 from 2004 which calls for the disarmament of non-state militias in Lebanon, meaning Hezbollah.
The Arab countries pretty much told Lebanon that they won't help it through its financial crisis as long as a separate Muslim extremist movement was allowed to operate with impunity within its borders.
The weak Lebanese government mostly ignored the demands. Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib told Al Jazeera, "I am not going to hand over Hezbollah's weapons. I am not going to end Hezbollah's existence, it is out of the question in Lebanon. "
A response letter from Beirut pointedly changed the language of the Arab demand for Lebanon not to be a platform for any aggression to saying that Lebanon will not be "a launchpad for activities that violate Arab countries," meaning that it might be a launchpad to attack Israel.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah yesterday dismissed the demands for his group to disarm, and - as is typical in the Arab world - he couched his refusal in terms of honor.
Nasrallah stressed that "if you remain silent and surrender your weapons, you tell your opponent that you are crushed, humiliated and weak.""The enemy will not pity you, it will humiliate you even more," Nasrallah added."Let them give us one example of peoples who resisted, surrendered their weapons, and kept their dignity," Nasrallah said.
Nasrallah isn't even pretending that Hezbollah cares about the future of Lebanon. Hezbollah's "dignity" of maintaining over 100,000 missiles is more important than the country of Lebanon and the dignity of the Lebanese people themselves.
And when Lebanon implodes, Hezbollah will militarily take over the entire country as millions of Lebanese could become refugees to not live under an Iranian regime.
