Nirvana, thank you for your thoughts.
dlishsguy, thank you for your prayers, I'm thinking about your relatives too.
Cyn, indeed, Hezbollah does NOT have 100% support in Lebanon, far from it. In fact, I've always hated them.
I don't agree with this though:
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
But again, if you don't run them out of your space because you want the "good" services they provide, then you also have to accept the "bad" services.
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You are assuming the whole of Lebanon want the "good" services of Hezbollah. That's wrong.
Hezbollah is not something that Lebanon has been able to control, because of its weak government, divided population, and the strong foreign backing of Hezbollah. This does not make it OK for Israel to use collective punishment on the Lebanese instead of just targeting Hezbollah. If a new John Gotti type re-emerged in parts of NY and provided some social services to some people, along with his criminal actions, should your house (assuming that you don't back him) be a legitimate bombing target? Should the NYC airports and bridges be bombed? No.