Thread: HEZBOLLAH'S NEW STRATEGY: The clashes between the #LAF and #Hariri supporters are too obvious. The #LebanonProtests are being pushed away with this new Sunni-Shia threat. #Hezbollah's nomination of #hassan_diab is aimed at pushing the Sunni community to the streets 1/5
Now the #Hariri supporters are out, highlighting the same sectarian sentiment that the Hezbollah supporters have been highlighting for the past few week, when they were shouting "Shia, Shia, Shia." Today, the Sunnis are all Sunnis 2/5
This new Sunni vs. Shia street rhetoric has two objectives: One, encourage violence and scare the Lebanese off the streets, and two, fight the anti-sectarian spirit that has dominated the streets for two months. 3/5
#Hariri is playing the game and is happy that his supporters are taking to the streets, although he is publicly saying he's against it. He still wants to come back as a PM. This is most probably a Hezbollah-Hariri plan to eventually get Hariri back as the only alternative 4/5
The plan is to show that Hariri is the only alternative to avoid another civil sectarian war. Hezbollah's pick of Diab is a strategy to reach the end-goal: save the sectarian system and bring Hariri as the only alternative for stability and international aid. 5/5
