Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Are the Lebanese tiring of Hizbullah's antics?

Considering the party is armed to the teeth, I wonder how many Lebanese are truely tired of Hizbullah's actions, and willing to state it.

Latest thing I read was a Lebanese sociologist asking if Hizbullah operates under a double standard (on Haaretz website, since I can't read the original in Arabic)
The author is Dalal al-Bizri, who is living in Egypt. (Is it not safe to write articles like this when living in Lebanon?)

The double standard she refers to Hizbullah's critisism of the US support for Israel, whereas Iran supports Hizbullah:

"Is there any political party in Lebanon about which it can be said that, were it not for the support of the United States or Israel, it would not be able to exist?"
I think Iran's support is much more important than Syria's.
And with this Iranian support (remember the 10,000 missles in Hizbullah's hands), the legitimate government of Lebanon is not allowed to assume its rightful role. And why is that?

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