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2006-07-31 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Behind Lebanon's Unwillingness to Implement 1559
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Posted by Captain America 2006-07-31 00:37|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Gen Michel Aoun, back in the day, was anti-Syrian. He exiled to France and came back after the Cedar Revolution as a complete Syrian tool.
Posted by Captain America 2006-07-31 01:09||   2006-07-31 01:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Just remember, Lebies, Syrians, Non-Iranian Shias and Sunnis, etal. any defeat or destruction of Israel does NOT mean [post-Israel]Radical Iran = Radical Shias in Radic Iran will treat youse as equals, brothers, or fairly. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOUSE ASK = FIGHT FOR, BECUZ YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-07-31 02:49||   2006-07-31 02:49|| Front Page Top

#3 put simply Hezballah has terrorized Lebanon
Posted by mhw 2006-07-31 05:05||   2006-07-31 05:05|| Front Page Top

#4 We should have responded back in 1983 when a suicide bomber (taking direction from Iran) murdered 241 Marines in Beirut. Should have gotten payback. Hizballah needs to be disarmed (UN Resolution 1559) or destroyed. They are a danger to the world. If Iran builds an A-Bomb, Hizballah will even become more dangerous. Anything short of disarming or destruction will be viewed as some kind of victory in the weird world of islamofacists.
Posted by JohnQC 2006-07-31 07:27||   2006-07-31 07:27|| Front Page Top

#5 What part of the following isn't true?

A majority of Lebanese, like a majority of Palestinians, back terrorist violence under a shield of terminology, "resistance". While Hezbollah politicians are active in Lebanese government, Hezbollah militants are launching missiles into Israel, intentionally killing Israeli civilians. The Lebanese people put Hezbollah reps in positions of government power to best represent their desires.

The government of Lebanon is responsible for its actions as the one government of the people of Lebanon. Resolution 1559 requires that the government of Lebanon disarm armed militias, including Hezbollah. The Lebanese government has not disarmed them. The Lebanese government is shielded from responsibility for launching a war against Israeli civilians through the division of Hezbollah into militant and political wings.
Posted by Jules in the Hinterlands 2006-07-31 09:56||   2006-07-31 09:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Have we heard anything about/from this guy lately?
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-07-31 10:11||   2006-07-31 10:11|| Front Page Top

#7 A more simple intrepretation i:

(1) There is no democratic Lebanese government separate and apart from Hezbo, and

(2) The Lebanese PM and other elected officals govern with a Hezbo gun to their heads.

President Bush and Condi continue to clinge to not wanting to damage the Lebanese government. But the Lebanese government per se doesn't exist anymore.
Posted by Captain America 2006-07-31 12:36||   2006-07-31 12:36|| Front Page Top

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