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Because it's blatantly obvious who is behind the killings.
And because its obvious, it has to mean its 100% sure its them?
If they were anti-semetic immigration rules then how did 30,000 Jews a year make it into the U.S.?
But if some were turned away, then it must be anti-semetic if you follow the right wing pro Isreal normal stance.
I don't believe there has ever been any pogroms in the U.S..
LOL, hello.. segregation.. if that aint "scapegoating" then .. tsk.
Ya 5 anti-Syrian political figures have been assasinated in the last year.
Yep you have made that clear several times, yet it aint proof. There are other parties that can gain from such assasinations.
It has everything to do with it. Assasinating pro american anti syrian politicans in a middle eastern country?
So now they are pro american? Thought they were pro Isreali.. and you can of course prove that they are pro american right?
No because Hezbollah only holds 8 seats in Parliament, if the people supported them then they would hold more seats and thus have more power but they want to gain more power through non-Democratic means.
Well
Members of the Majlis al-Nuwab (Assembly of Representatives) are chosen through direct, single-round, secret elections from multiple-member districts. The confessional system in Lebanon really operates as a "pre-set" proportional representational system in which the number of seats each community holds in Parliament is fixed in advance.
Because in some districts up to eight candidates will win seats, most candidates join slates or "lists" of candidates usually headed by a member of a prominent family who they hope will help carry them to power. Lists are drawn up with an eye to putting together the most attractive combination of persons representing strategic families and important cities and villages. Less than two percent of the independent candidates running for office -tat is, those who do not join lists- are actually elected.
In casting their ballots, voters choose as many candidates as there are seats in their district. And they may vote for all or only part of a list. They need no vote for a candidate who is of the same religion, although many voters do. Voters are not required to register to vote, but they must be twenty-one years of age. Suffrage is universal. The archaic requirement that voters must cast their ballots in the villages or cities from which their families originated, without regard to current place of residence, probably reduces voter turnout; in the 1972 elections approximately fifty-five percent of the electorate voted.
The President is elected for a six year term by the Assembly of Representatives
Maronites get 34 seats, Sunni 27, Shiite 27, Greek Orthodox 14, Greek Catholic 8, Druze 8, Armenian Orthodox 5, Alaoui 2, Armenian Catholic 1, Protestant 1, Christian Minority 1.. total seats 128.
Now most of the lebanese population is muslim (59.7% according the CIA fact book), yet muslim "groups" get only 54 out of 128 seats, the rest goes to Christian groups and other minorities. Would you not be pissed if say blacks, asian and hispanics got 57% of all seats in the US congress, yet whites are (I belive still) a majority of the population in the US? As you can see Shiities get 27 seats btw in Lebanon, and Hizbolla has 14 of those seats, not 7.
And even IF the Sunni and Shiite and the Druze (also considered muslim), they would not have 50% of the seats in Parlement, yet as I already stated, the muslim population is near 60%.
So you still think that the Lebanese democracy is "fair and balanced"?