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I think part of the reason why we're hearing about a Global Iranian Consipiracy is because of the success of Hezbollah in Lebanon. Hezbollah is quite powerful and a thorn in the side of Israel and the US. Hezbollah managed to drive Israel out once and stared them down again last summer. For this reason (and no doubt others as well) Hezbollah bugs the hell out of Lebanese Christians, Israel, and, by extension, its neocon allies in the Bush regime. Yes, Hezbollah is backed by Iran, but it would be a mistake to assume that it is powerful merely because it has Iranian support. It's powerful because it has the support of a good portion of the Lebanese population. It has that support because it runs hospitals, schools, and all sorts of social programmes for an underserved majority. This is the kind of thing that the folks who run the US state usually have trouble understanding.
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