Some decent discussion over on this thread at ACF.


Best quote that really paints the picture...

Sadly there is a critical element here that everyone misses. The lebanese may not have a choice regarding Hezzbollah... but they are technically a sovereign nation. As such they, the citizens of labanon, have a RESPONSIBILITY to prevent any non governmental forces from waging war from their territory. Failure to make any effort to do so is a complicit act of war.

The citizens of Lebanaon are the ones who must deny the terrorists refuge and aid. They must not let them shelter amongst their populace. They are the only ones who can actually and legitimately discriminate between the criminal terrorists and the regular civilian population. No foreign power has the capability, the will or the obligation to discriminate between a hostile nations civilian population and an illegal non uniformed combatant force. Only the locals can disarm and do away with Hezzbollah.

And as for how innocent and outside of the conflict the Lebanese people and government are... Hezzbollah was elected to several seats in the government, so they are members of the official Lebanese state. Since the outset of hostilities when Hezzbollah acted unilaterally to take their country to war not one Hezzbollah leader has been arrested detained, questioned or even criticised by lebanese government officials. An armed minority member of the government chose to wage war on a neighbor without the majority consensus, and yet the Hezzbollah members are still members of the government.