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| Analysis: Hizbullah Faces Hard Choices Between Fighting Israel, Sunnis |
| 2015-02-04 |
| [AnNahar] Hizbullah ... Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... 's ambitions are spreading far beyond its Leb home as the Shiite movement appears increasingly bent on taking on Sunni foes across the Middle East. It has sent thousands of its fighters into Syria and senior military advisers to Iraq, helped Iranian catspaws rise to power in Yemen and threatened Bahrain over its abuse of the Shiite majority. But the regional aspirations also are taking a heavy toll and threatening to undermine Hizbullah's support at home. The group has suffered significant casualties, there is talk of becoming overstretched, and judging by the events of recent days, even a vague sense that the appetite for fighting the Israelis is waning. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 The Israeli behavior shows this is not true. Even fighting a war, Heezbollah has deterrence against Israel. |
| Posted by: Lionel Thoth9784 2015-02-04 18:22 |
| #6 I think they hope that if they attack Israel the Sunni's will back off or lose support, at least for awhile. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-02-04 14:49 |
| #5 What's so hard about this choice: if you won't fight Sunnis, they'll squash you; if you will fight Israel, Israel will squash you. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-02-04 14:27 |
| #4 #2 Why not fight them both? So many infidels, so little time. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-02-04 13:49 |
| #3 Hamas' Izzedine Al-Shimmer Brigadeâ„¢ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-02-04 13:22 |
| #2 Why not fight them both? It'd be a "floor wax and a dessert topping" opportunity. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-02-04 11:04 |
| #1 Attacking the Israelis is for propaganda. Fighting the Sunnis is for survival. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2015-02-04 10:43 |