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Originally Posted by abaya
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.
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The Lebanese are not in control of southern Lebanon, Hezbollah is, even if its not marked on the map. Those who do not support Hezbollah are unfortunately caught in the cross fire and may be used as human shields by Hezbollah so people can post about Israeli attrocities as if they are targeting civilians (which is so ironic since thats exactly what Hezbollah and Hamas do). They need to be removed by war, and war is upon them. To say they shouldn't is like saying the US/UK/Canada couldn't invade France (and cause lots of civilian deaths I might add) to get rid of the Nazi's. The Lebanese can't do it themselves, so it must be done by Isreal.