What do you think of Hezbollah?

[yigal]

Allah hu akhbar, kmo mickey

[Bryce]

Mmmm, well, well, well … will someone have the kindness, prithee, to recall what they think about man/woman equality, about secularism, about democracy, about other religions, about the comparative worth of the shariah and of the national laws of secular countries, about the shoah, about free-thinking, about atheism…

[k5125]

bryce said:

Mmmm, well, well, well … will someone have the kindness, prithee, to recall what they think about man/woman equality, about secularism, about democracy, about other religions, about the comparative worth of the shariah and of the national laws of secular countries, about the shoah, about free-thinking, about atheism…

Yeah good point.

Here is what Hassan Nasrallah had to say about the holocaust and the jews:


"The Jews invented the legend of the Nazi atrocities. It is clear that the numbers they talk about are greatly exaggerated. They can speak of fabricated or exaggerated massacres that occurred during the Second World War, but we must forget the massacres that they committed against us and the peoples of the region which are documented and proven..."


"Anyone who reads the Koran and the holy writings of the monotheistic religions sees what they did to the prophets, and what acts of madness and slaughter the Jews carried out throughout history... Anyone who reads these texts cannot think of co-existence with them, of peace with them, or about accepting their presence, not only in Palestine of 1948 but even in a small village in Palestine, because they are a cancer which is liable to spread again at any moment..."

[Funky Kong]

Hizballah's supposed reason for fighting today is because they want to end the Israeli occupation of the Shebaa farms.
They don't target civilians and are pretty much just a militia/political party with much influence in the country. Even Hariri liked them.

I can see why Israel would dislike them, but not why they should be put on "international terror lists" as they don't attack targets outside Lebanon/Israel, and only military targets, but of course, some times with civilian loss.

I don't like them, but it seems like they are a necessary evil.

[yigal]

what the f*ck is wrong with u cousin, every single Israeli civilian is was/is also in the military
its a cumpulsory system f*ck hamas and the hizzbollah!

in fact end the Syrian arab occupation of Lebanon

Support Kateeb!

[Funky Kong]

They only attack active soldiers, opposed to civilians/some guy who has gone through military training 20 years ago.

Here's an interesting segment of this: www.tau.ac.il/jcss/sa/v7n2p5Sob.html

This article depicts the deterrent aspect of Hizbollah and its observance of the rules of the game in which it competes against Israel. These rules dictate adhering to relatively restricted parameters in the confrontation between the sides. Described here are the dynamics between Israel and Hizbollah in Lebanon, including the forms of action and response of the two sides, as derived from their overall interests. What is especially prominent since the American preparations for the war in Iraq is the formal, public recognition of these dynamics, labeled specifically as rules of the game. Both Israel and Hizbollah knew in this period how to reject calls for a more forceful policy voiced by powers within or near them.

Since the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 2000, Israel has generally made sure to keep its responses and actions in Lebanon within the existing rules of the game, and sometimes even exercised self-restraint after terrorist attacks (especially in the first months after the withdrawal) in order to avoid opening another front of confrontation on top of the Palestinian one. Hizbollah took care in its declarations to attribute a limited and fundamentally retaliatory character to its activities in the north...

Considering that relations between Israel and Lebanon are defined as a state of war (or hostilities) and are influenced by the state of war existing between Israel and Syria - and in any case both countries have territorial demands of Israel - Israel's northern border is relatively stable and peaceful and displays signs of economic prosperity.