After the Cedar Revolution, the Lebanese managed to eject Syria from their , but Hezbollah was allowed to stay, whether out of fear or sympathy or some combination of both. The Lebanese were supposed to disarm Hezbollah, but the "Party of God," supported by Iran's Islamic theocracy and Syria's regime, has become a lethally armed "state within a state." Hezbollah is not only responsible for terrorist attacks against Israelis; Americans have died at theirs hands too, most notably the 1983 Beirut attack in which . There should be no doubt who is the enemy here.
As Lebanon is being used as a shield for Hezbollah, both politically and , some Lebanese have in the fight against Hezbollah's presence in their country.
But some Lebanese officials have been more conciliatory toward Hezbollah. ...
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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 22, 2006 at 06:46 AM in , |