jfuh said:
The variance between Hezbolla and the minute men is we laugh at the minute men as racist xenophobes where as the Lebanese veiw them as the only ones "protecting" them.
The Lebanese did not elect Hezbolla into power, they were forced at gun point and propaganda. It was either to accept what Israel said, or what Hezbolla said. Were you in thier position who would you believe more? The ones attacking you constantly, or the ones that fight for you and assist with you're rebuilding.
Lebanon just last year finally kicked out Syria, Hezbolla is the only remainder of the influence of neighboring nations. Yet Israel's attack has only garnered more support for Hezbolla. Hence Hezbolla's control is the result of Israeli intervention.
You are right in your argument that Hezbollah has used some of that 100Million a year from iran to buy support from the Lebonese people by upgrading brifges, sommunications systems, hositals, and schools.
You are stretching it a little when you say that Hezbollah is protecting the Lebonese people, especially when hezbollah place drocket launchers in the middile of heavily populated civilian locations, out-right kidnapped Lebonese women and children and placed them by these weapons, and stockpiled weapons in civilians' homes!
You are REALLY stretching the truth when you say that Israel is responsible for Hezbollah's control! No, let's call a spade a spade - you are flat wrong!
One of the U.N.'s purposes in life, according to its charter, is to defend nations against terrorist attacks or attack/enslavement by other nations. Syria, who is iran's lapdog - only the power that it is because of its status of 'Toady' to Iran, the 'Bully'.
Syria beseiged Lebanon long ago. The U.N. did nothing. Syria, with Iran's direction, assassintated multiple political members who were standing up against Syria for a free lebanon. Again, the U.N. did NOTHING, basically 'blessing' Syria's bullying and enslavement of Lebanon! Just like when the french did nothing when Hitler broke the agreement from WWI and moved his troops into the Rhineland, hitler took their lack of action/opposition to the move as a blessing to continue, Syria took the u.N.'s lack of meaningul opposition as their blessing to continue.
later, left with no other alternative after another successful display of U.N. cowardice/ineptitude, Israel went into Lebanon to defend itself from the aunching pad of attacks, the status to which Syria had relegated Lebanon. A a result of Israel's invasion, the U.N. intervened with Resolution 1559, which called for Hezbollah's disarmament...the carrying out of which would have ensured a REAL chance for peace AND liberated Lebanon from the influence of a FOREIGN MILITARIZED force more powerful than their own military within their border! The U.N. (again) FAILED to do this.....since then, the U.N. Obeservers the U.N. sent in have done nothing BUT observe - they have observed the further growth of that foreign military terrorist force, the further enslavement of Lebanon, the increased monetary influence by Syria and Iran, and the daily shipments of weapons/missiles from Iran and Syria!
So, I argue that it is not Israel's fault Hezbollah has grown into what it is but rather the u.N.'s failure to act and do their job when they had the chance. This latest conflict has resulted in yet another opportunity for the U.N. to take the action they refused to back in 2001. And again, they have refused to act and do anything substantial. Instead of peace through the disarmament of Hezbollah and a true International force to ensure peace, they have passed another pi$$-poor Resolution that has no teeth, to International force, no deisre or attempt to disarm Hezbollah, and allows Hezbollah, instead, to re-group and re-arm!
