Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in a speech in Lebanon on Tuesday, cautioned his followers against expecting a change in American foreign policy with the election of Senator Barack Obama. "Our Arab world, our third world and our African world could empathize with Obama because of his past or the colour of his skin, but politics and interests are a different story," Nasrallah stated.
"Don't exaggerate hopes nor give people high expectations so that no one is disappointed or makes miscalculations," he added.
"I don't want to anticipate events, but logic dictates that we not bet on changes in injustice or believe that he will be more lenient or less unfair than his predecessor," he said of US President-elect Obama. "The result of the elections is proof of the failure of Bush's policy," Nasrallah said.
He also addressed the Israelis, reassuring them that defeat would be their fate if they think of any new adventure in Lebanon. "The Israeli tentacles that stretch into Lebanon will be cut just like the Israeli foots were cut in Anssarieh in South Lebanon earlier," Nasrallah vowed, telling Zionists that "we'll star here in our land and with our determination and commitment to our land and people." He emphasized that the "psychological war Israelis were launching against the Resistance would find no results at all."
