I have stated that the nation of Lebanon no longer exists. It has been replaced by Hizbanon. The fact the Fuad Saniora and Walid Jumblatt showed up to welcome Samir Kuntar displays this fact. The Ceder Revolution was nothing more than a hiccup that amounted to nothing. Syria took over any how. Hizbollah was the tool.
The decision to build infrastructure in non-Shi'ite villages - where Hizbullah has less support - is part of the group's post-war strategy under which it has mostly abandoned the "nature reserves," forested areas in southern Lebanon where it kept most of its Katyusha rocket launchers before the Second Lebanon War.
Those who won't side with them will live in fear.
Behind the change is the mandate given to UNIFIL by the United Nations after the war in 2006. According to the mandate, the peacekeeping force can patrol freely throughout southern Lebanon but cannot enter villages or cities without being accompanied by soldiers from the Lebanese Armed Forces, which regularly tips off Hizbullah ahead of the raids.
The next war against Hizbollah (it won't be the present administration) will result in the deaths of thousands of Lebanese who didn't want to be put in this position. This is the consequence of fearing civil war more than living under the rule of Hizbollah.
E-mail me here.
The decision to build infrastructure in non-Shi'ite villages - where Hizbullah has less support - is part of the group's post-war strategy under which it has mostly abandoned the "nature reserves," forested areas in southern Lebanon where it kept most of its Katyusha rocket launchers before the Second Lebanon War.
Those who won't side with them will live in fear.
Behind the change is the mandate given to UNIFIL by the United Nations after the war in 2006. According to the mandate, the peacekeeping force can patrol freely throughout southern Lebanon but cannot enter villages or cities without being accompanied by soldiers from the Lebanese Armed Forces, which regularly tips off Hizbullah ahead of the raids.
The next war against Hizbollah (it won't be the present administration) will result in the deaths of thousands of Lebanese who didn't want to be put in this position. This is the consequence of fearing civil war more than living under the rule of Hizbollah.
E-mail me here.
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