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Originally Posted by Ustwo
These are the people who danced in the streets when 9/11 happened, these are the people who voted in a terrorist government in their last election, these are the people who glorify children blowing themselves up in public places, and they now reap what they sew.
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Ustwo, are you seriously saying that you think all Lebanese people danced in the streets when 9/11 happened? And what is this about Lebanese voting in a terrorist government? Hezbollah has a couple of seats in the Lebanese parliament, but the Lebanese by no means voted in a "terrorist government." In fact, due to their grass-roots movement last spring, they were able to GET RID of a terrorist governmen's presence (Syria) with public demonstrations. Additionally, VERY FEW Lebanese glorify blowing up children, and VERY FEW Lebanese become suicide bombers.
Please explain to me what the Lebanese people have "sown" to reap this kind of "reward." Your facts are completely off; you are confusing Palestinians with Lebanese, and you are confusing Hezbollah with the Lebanese. Not all Lebanese support Hezbollah. And yes, it's nice to imagine that Lebanon has the ability to get rid of Hezbollah, but that's about as good as saying the US could just "kick out" its illegal immigrants. Hezbollah draws its strength from the third or so of the Lebanese population that are Shia; can you imagine kicking out a presence that has 30% support of your population? That would actually result in a civil war... something that Lebanon is, quite understandably, not interested in starting up again.