Hizballah ups the ante: demands veto power to enter Hariri's supposedly pro-West coalition

They lost the election, but not their nerves; (I'd guess because their ruthless bosses in Damascus and Tehran - and Moscow (Syria's & Iran's enablers) - have told them not to worry):

THE PENINSULA:

Hezbollah and its allies will not join a new Lebanese government unless they have veto power over its decisions, a leading Christian member of their alliance said yesterday.

Suleiman Franjieh said that without veto power it would be better to stay in opposition than to join the new government, which is almost certain to be led by a rival US-backed coalition that won a parliamentary election on Sunday.

“Let them rule and take the whole government, but without us as bystanders in it,” Franjieh told Reuters in an interview. “We will not hold things up. But we will refuse to join the government,” added Franjieh, whose Marada movement won three of parliament’s 128 seats in the election.

Hezbollah and its allies have veto power in the current cabinet, which was formed last year as part of a deal that defused a power struggle with the rival coalition headed by Saad Al Hariri. The Sunni politician is seen as a frontrunner to head the next cabinet.

Veto power was given to the Iran- and Syria-backed Hezbollah and its allies, including Christian politician Michel Aoun, in last year’s deal by allocating them 11 of 30 cabinet seats.

“Any formulation not including the third-plus-one is rejected by the opposition. Without the third, the opposition will not participate in the government,” Franjieh said, adding that his statement reflected the opposition’s position.

IF HARIRI GIVES IN THEN NOTHING HAS CHANGED - IOW: THEN THE ELECTION CHANGED NOTHING.

HARIRI HAS ALREADY SAID HE'D LET THEM KEEP THEIR ARMS - DESPITE A UNSCR DEMANDING THEY DISARM.

IF HARIRI GIVES IN, THEN HE'S A PHONY AND A USELESS PIECE OF CRAP NOT WORTH FIGHTING FOR .

*******UPDATE: MORE BAD NEWS: EU'S FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF SOLANA MEETS WITH HIZBALLAH!