Jon,
MEMRI posted this transcript with video of Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. A snip below:
When I talk about an [American] failure, I’m not saying that the
Americans’ plan for the region has collapsed, and that they are packing
up their things and leaving, like what happened in the final days in
Vietnam. But I would like to tell you clearly… I am one of those
people who see a very clear picture. In our childhood… When we were
young boys… I cannot forget the sight of the American forces leaving
Vietnam in helicopters, which carried their officers and soldiers. Some
Vietnamese, who had fought alongside the Americans, tried to climb into
these helicopters, but the [Americans] threw them to the ground,
abandoned them, and left. This is the sight I anticipate in our region,
but I am not saying it will happen in months. It will take years. The
Americans will gather their belongings and leave this region – the
entire region. They have no future whatsoever in our region. They will
leave the Middle East, and the Arab and Islamic worlds, like they left
Vietnam. I advise all those who place their trust in the Americans to
learn the lesson of Vietnam, and to learn the lesson of the South
Lebanese Army with the Israelis, and to know that when the Americans
lose this war ? and lose it they will, Allah willing – they will
abandon them to their fate, just like they did to all those who placed
their trust in them throughout history.
