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Lebanon is actually 25% Christian. Nice try though.
First bit, how do you distinguish Hizbollah from ordinary Lebanese when Hizbollah terrorists a) don't wear uniforms and b) camoflage themselves into ordinary neighbourhoods?
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Yeah, I am sure no one knows were they are hiding/living. It would be very difficult to ask the locals. You could even do this in Canada. How on earth does CNN find the guys for their inside Hezbollah segments?
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I found that second bit kind of funny. How is an occupation friendly at all? I would say that Syria is one of the primary causes of Lebanon's problems. You would be kidding yourself if you didn't think that Syria is one of the main backers of Hezbollah. Syria was also implicated in the assassination of Lebanon's prime minister last year.
For further reference of Syria's purported "friendliness check out this Reuter's article.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26318834.htm
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Sarcasim my friend.
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As for the last bit, if there is any government in the region that wants stability for all nations involved, it's Israel. A number of things support this position.
A) Israel spends an inordinate amount of money on military expenditures, when several domestic factors require a large injection of money that is otherwise taken up the military to fight terrorists.
A good example? You may know that the Jordan River is drying up, Israel most likely faces the fact of water shortages in the future. One method they are using is the desalination of salt water. A while back, I read a comment by an Israeli general that said for the cost of one weeks fighting in the Gaza Strip, you could build half a dozen desalination plants.
So simply from a cost-benefit perspective, Israel would want stability.
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Saying and doing are very different animals. Which religion do you have to belong to to access water from these plants?
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B) Every single peace venture over the last year has been American and Israeli initiated. With Israel always willing to give the most concessions.
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Everything is going quite swimmingly, no? Your replys seem indicate that you feel I am anti Iseral, which I am not. I make comments (I know, not in this thread) regarding the actions of both sides. I went to a high school that was predominatly Jewish and Arab and I was in the minority.