I posed this question to someone else, but would be interested in your opinion as well:

Given reports we get on this side of the ocean regarding the dozen or so assassinations of critics of Hizbullah in the last year, a true democracy doesn’t seem to be possible as long as Nasrallah is walking around with an Iranian supplied rocket launcher.

In your opinion, what would be the effect of a constant criticism of Nasrallah. He obviously flares up at the slightest remark against him or his party (the riot a few months ago in Beirut over some slight against his character for example). But a constant focused attack, not on Hizbullah, but him directly, like the kind of constant barrage mounted against President Bush.

At first, the obvious reaction would be outrage on behalf of his supporters, but after a month or so of constantly focusing on his foibles and shortcomings on the issues of spending Iranian money on his militia more than the needy Shia peoples he’s sworn to protect who’ve been hit hardest by the Lebanon-Israeli Summer War, his comfort with the limelight putting himself before the martyrs who have died fighting for his cause in the past, etc.

How long do you think Nasrallah would survive if the “GET BUSH” Doctrine were applied to him? As time went on, a year or so after the Iraq invasion, the GET BUSH Doctrine began to widdle away at his own republican support in Congress. Repubs began to distance themselves from him. The recent democratic election success had a lot to do not only with Iraq, but with discontent with the republican congress that didn’t support Bush on things they had originally promised to.

Do you think a prolonged “Get Nasrallah” campaign would be effective in widdeling away his support and the support of Hizbullah by forcing him to focus more on defending himself from accusations than keeping his eye on aiding the impoverished Shia, following the orders coming in from Iran and Syria, etc.?

Before there can be political reform, there needs to be economic reform by the people proposing ideas for all citizens of Lebanon based on the needs of every citizen and not the needs of a particular ethnic group.