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• 1. lubnan | October 21st, 2007 at 11:39 am

  before you judge everyone by what they say you should judge by what they’ve done
  I agree completely that nasrallah wanted a muslin controlled lebanon just like bachir wanted a christian controlled lebanon and they both fought for what they believed.
  But geagea has never meant a single word he said.
  was he defending the christians when he entered the taef accord and helped the syrians enter east beirut and destroy the christians?
  was he defending the christians in 2005 when he allied with the force that did everything in its power to marginalize the christians?

  And you keep talking about how hezbollah wants to islamasize lebanon
  Well who is it that turned beirut into a mekka?
  Who is it that that commited massacres against the christians?
  Who is that supports the 2000 electoral law?
  Who is it who refuses to give the christians any power in goverment?
  Who is removing all the christian holidays and applying islamic law?
  Who is it who does’nt want a president who represnts the majority of the christians?
  Who is it that gives money to rebuilding to palestinian refugees and refuses to let the lebanese christian refugees return to their land
  Who is arming and paying sunni terrorists in the palestinian camps that want a genocide of the lebanese christians
  You should look at the present hebollah not the past one.

  PS:That picture [0:24;0:16] is michael angelo not christ

• 2. paul | October 21st, 2007 at 12:52 pm

  “You should look at the present hebollah not the past one.”

  I see no difference.

• 3. THERESINIA | October 21st, 2007 at 1:13 pm

  Any group, any party, any man, any woman, any person who recieves MONEY, WEAPONS and POLITICAL ORDERS from an outside country is considered by WORLDWIDE CRITERIA as an army to that country.
  Theres is no other consideration that should be discussed other than this MOST IMPORTANT ONE.

• 4. lubnan | October 21st, 2007 at 1:43 pm

  the FM and LF recieve orders,money,and weapons from USA and KSA But we still consider them to be lebanese parties made up of fellow lebanese
  And hezbollah defeated israel ,so if they wanted to islamasize lebanon they would have easily, the present hezbollah is much closer to christians than any other muslim party

• 5. paul | October 21st, 2007 at 2:27 pm

  We can only estimate religious movements correctly, if we know their backgrounds.

• 6. Danny | October 21st, 2007 at 2:58 pm

  Lubnan,

  Take a break from your “session”. You seem intoxicated with your own crap…Hizballah is until now the “Islamic resistance” for the Umma! Not the Lebanese Islamic resistance. Your preaching is so ridiculous that only the opium stoned masses of your hordes believe in it in their lunatic rage… Have you wandered why HA leaders all speak in the same manners as their Iranian masters??

  HA’s existance is based on Iran. Do not Bullshit about insinuations the LF receives $$$$$ from USA. PROVE IT.
  Also, please do not equate Shiites with Hizbos.
  Have a great SOBER weekend

• 7. GMA POP 84 | October 21st, 2007 at 3:06 pm

  1-Well who is it that turned beirut into a mekka?

  Beirut is not mekka, as for DT it’s just a part of beirut but you still can find churches and many christians owning offices, businesses, houses in DT
  Who is forcing christians to sell their lands in Bekaa Jezzine an the south . Who turned 7aret 7reik, Rwaiss into Iran. In 7aret 7rek Shiites 2abado khlew( eviction compensation)and are still occupying Christian houses

  2-Who is it that that commited massacres against the christians?

  Aoun,frangiyeh, Qawmiyeh, Amal, palestinians, and hizballah too killed christians. In some cases hizballah killed and kidnapped christians plus in the last war he used christian houses and hid in them. Houses that could not be reached by cannons were airstriked due to the presence of hizballah fighters. Mchel el murr your ally was the biggest attacker to christians he kidnapped christian attacker.he used his power given by syria to eliminate the free Christians, gave red car plates even to people who are not taxi drivers (sabbab mishekli ziedeh lal daman ), authorized illegal building regulations and put his followers in public services and administrations to gain popularity and that’s why Aoun won the election in the Metn la2an lil2asaf fee 20sm kbeer min al sha3b byinshara wbyinbe3. MAbrouk 3alaykon hayk naw3iyet ta7aluf

  3-Who is that supports the 2000 electoral law?
  Nabih Berri ,Hizballah, Skaff
  the caza law will suit us more ” except”?!! in zgharta koura region.

  4-Who is it who refuses to give the christians any power in goverment?
  The current President, and Aoun’s mentality to fight everyone

  5-Who is removing all the christian holidays and applying islamic law?

  No one wanted to remove it there was a misunderstanding and the removal thing was proposed by a M8 minister

  6-Who is it who does’nt want a president who represnts the majority of the christians?

  Ma fee president bimassil a larger majority than others among christians.
  Who told you Aoun represents majority of the christians. the 70% according to the 2000 law decreased check the last metn elections and his popularity is diminishing. however 14th march candidates have more popularity among all Lebanese citizens

  7-Who is it that give s money to rebuilding to palestinian refugees and refuses to let the lebanese christian refugees return to their land

  Unerwa and the lebanese government and foreign countries.
  As for the Lebanese christian refugees and compensations, things are going on the good track. However the problem of why the christians are not all returning to the shoof it is bec they are away from Lebanon and their current settlement and jobs are in beirut. Refer back to 7aret 7rek comment … Christians sold their land to shiites 2arafan min al jireh bil da7yeh and those who did not return it’s bec houses r still occupied..

  8-Who is arming and paying sunni terrorists in the palestinian camps that want a genocide of the lebanese christians
  Hizballah(check the red line thing and presence of katiouchya rockets amaong fata7 al islam provided by HA and syria) plus islam fundamentalists
  During interrogations many Fat7 al islam members said that Syria had a big role and moreover let them ener to Lebanon.

  As for comparing HA in the past and now.

  Nowadays I’m more convinced thAT there past intentions and declarations are true wahaza laysa bikalmin sakhif aw ghabi aw a7maq bec after the Syrian withdrawal and after the last war HA is trying to cotrol all the country, they want to appoint thepreident and PM and form they still want to put Lebanon in trouble and war so that the gov weakens, their ministers also quit to create tensions and make people believe that the gvt is not legitamite bec shiites are not in the gov(well who made them resign) they even don’t want an international court bec they still love syria. Weakenin the GOL is not a threat to them as long as they ar getting money and weapons from Iran with the help of some military intelligence still loyal to syria.
  In addition HA is buying lands in Jbeil, christian villages in the south(Qawza7, Qlay3a, Ainebl, Debel, Bteddine Leqqush,jezzine,) plus Ta3labeya zahleh and other christian areas in Beqaa .

  Note Christians in the south up to 1975 represented an ownership of 60% of the land while now the rate is very low. Many christian villages in the south like 3ayshiyeh, kfar7ouna Maroun el Ras, and Aita were previously christians. Tyre had a large christian presence.Christians began to lose their presence and ownership since the 1920 massacres in the south led by the criminal Adham Khanjar”whom Berreh built a hall under his name” … Tens of big villages later became all Shiite. However, the Christian- Shiite relationship became better and the Shiites used to work with Christians and there was a better ta3ayush until HA held the power and controlled Shiites and changed their ideology(used the 7erman al shi3a point) and started to adopt the willlayat al faqih and brainwashed them by tellling them to increase the race so that Shiites later control Lebanon and offered them in return services such as hospital and schooling aids not to forget electricity, water, phone lines”taxable free”.

• 8. GMA POP 84 | October 21st, 2007 at 3:18 pm

  Due to the lack of the editing option and since I wrote this in a hurry and my time was short… many punctuations are missed.

  I was saying michel el murr was the main christian attacker, kidnapper, and torturer of the free Christians.

  HA wants to appoint the president and the prime minister and form the government

• 9. Rodge | October 21st, 2007 at 3:29 pm

  Whether in the past or the present, HA still believes in the same Muslim state, and the LF is still believeing in the 10452 square KM.

  So Mr. Lubnan, first of all you should change your nickname, after you must change your ideas and opinions, and rephrase your writings, because even my 3 years old nephew does not believe in any word you’re saying and he’s laughing as hell on your naive thinking.

  Finally, the video shown here is clear, sn i don’t think Iran or HA or Syria have changed anything in their Policy and targets, and as Danny said, why saying the “Islamic Resistance” and not the “Lebanese Resistance”???

• 10. Mohammad | October 21st, 2007 at 3:33 pm

  Sometimes there are people who reach conclusions that can be classified among the world 7 WONDERS!
  look at comment #4 (lubnan) who said: “……the present hezbollah is much closer to christians than any other muslim party” !!!!!!!!!!

  For God sake, if you tell me that the SEA has an ORANGE color, you will have more chances to convince us than saying your above sentence.

• 11. Mountain | October 21st, 2007 at 3:54 pm

  yeslam timmak GMA POP 84

• 12. libnan | October 21st, 2007 at 4:27 pm

  1-beirut is considered now a sunni city where hariri built roads through christian areas and buildings but did not touch any sunni ownerships ,and what the hell is that big mosque doing in the middle of our capital!
  2-you know that hezbollah never commited any masacres against christian
  when they freed the south they treated the shia collaberators the same way they treated the christian ones and in the july war israel bombarded christian villages for target practice(remember whether we are their allies or enemies we are still nothing but subhuman arabs to them)
  3-nasrallah has repeatedly announced that he is against the 2000 electoral law while M14 refuses any attempt to abolish it
  4-who is it who refuses to give the christians anything more than the tourism ministry and ministry of social affairs, isn’t it hariri and jumblat?
  5-lik ma tili3 ou 2arr sanyoura 2inno baddo yilghe el gim3a el3azime ou ytabbi2 elshri3a el2islamiye
  6-whether you like it or not aoun still represents much more christians than any other candidate for the presidency and along with those all the shi3a as well, so the majority of lebanese want him president
  7-it’s funny how you forget what wizarit el mhajarin did to prevent the christians from ever coming back to chouf, and I am originally from damour and I want to go back but can’t.
  8-My cousin is in the maghawir and passed nahr el bared, he said that fate7 el islam had laser weaponry that didn’t need a man to operate, they would just place them firmly and when a sodier touched the invisible laser the gun would fire on its own immediately. Now plese tell me who has that kind of weaponry syria or USA, and why was our army reduced to using molotov bombs

  HA was never trying to get the PM or president they were just asking for national unity, not to take anyone else’s rights,but of course the sunnis want to control all of lebanon on their own.
  We made a tafahom with hezbollah which included the right of the christians to return
  to the south, so why don’t you make one with walid akhousharmouta to return the christians to the chouf
  min sint el 1992 la lyom 3amaliyit tihjeer 3am bitseer min wara el houkoumeh yalle ta7t el wisaye el souriye(yalle hinne halla2 al M14 freedom fighters taba3ak) ou ba3da la lyom 3am bitseer la2anno USA ou el sinniyye bi libnen baddon tawtin el falastiniye li masali7 moushtaraket
  Wa bil 2ekhir yalli sar bil masi7iye bil 3ira2 ou falastine ra7 yseer feena iza ma twa7adna ma3 el shi3a
  El mas7iye yalle thajaro min el jnoub ma byitla3o 2ad ribi3 el masihiye yalli thajaro min el chouf

• 13. THERESINIA | October 21st, 2007 at 4:53 pm

  LUBNAN,

  Who in Lebanon has 20.000 MISSILES received from outside?

  Who in Lebanon receives 800.000.000 $ EACH YEAR from outside?

  Who in Lebanon has SIGNED a contract to OBEY political orders received from outside?

  ALL OTHER parties in Lebanon, may have preferences, or sympathy, or friendship, or interests with other countries BUT NO ONE is in TOTAL OBEDIENCE to the outside llike HEZBOLLAH is !!!!

  NO comparsison is possible between the HEZBOLLAH who is behaving like a FULL STATE and any other group in Lebanon…

• 14. Danny | October 21st, 2007 at 6:03 pm

  Lubnan/libnan,

  You are in DENIAL…I guess you along with napolAoun lackies are receiving “friendly” compensation alla Hizbo through Iran/Qatar, or as I said before you should CUT the grass NOT smoke it!

• 15. Oslo-Man | October 21st, 2007 at 7:48 pm

  Lubnan, you are a typical Aounist guy that cannot see more than his nose. I am really sorry that this demagogia that General Aoun use it is affecting people and it is not letting them see 1 meter ahead.

  you are defending HA. For God’s sake, how can you understand that a government and a country can build itself if 40% of their lands are occupied by a militia. Have u ever seen this scenario in any country? honestly i haven’t.

  The beauty in Aounist is that they always create deeds for everything they do. They said that HA is defending lebanon. OMG….!!!! who is responsible to defend lebanon? isn’t the government my friend?

  Also Aounist use a deed saying that we are with Awmeh, Michel El Murr, Franjiyeh, Talal erslan, Hizbolla, Ba3s, Amal because they are lebanese… hehehehehehe….. what a joke. ok, then LF, Walid Jomblat, Mosta2bal, Kataeb are not lebanese? what a joke is that..

  Finally, be shame of ur leader who is acting totally different that what he used to be since 15 years.

• 16. GMA POP 84 | October 21st, 2007 at 7:51 pm

  Christians in Iraq be3ti2id keno afdal 7al min al 7ikm alshi3eh 7aliyan. mish hayk

  ba3dayn wizaret il siye7a iza sar fee amn and peace in the region would be the best ministry w fakhoureen feeha into kil wazir masee7eh byistilim wizara bit7assin the lebanese economylike the industry and tourism ya bti2itloo or bitfawto al balad bi 7arb la te2deh 3ala iqtisad lebnan.(into ekhir hamkon talama fee money min iran.
  Yes HA killed christians because more than half of HA fighters were amal members that fought christians.
  Nowadays HA and the shiites first build a mosque 3a madakhil christian villages and in it when they buy a land nkeyeh, whayda ba3d ma yishtrooha min al masi7ihey al khouwana yalli byingharrro bil massareh bas yalli byebsitni ino Lf and kataeb a7rar and 14 march supporters aren’t the ones who are selling the lands yalli 7izballah bye3rod more than 7 times of the land’s price.

  ba3den inta min al damour ma tef2a3 akazib le2an kill yalli ba3rafon min al damoor rej3o al damoor. Ba3dayn meen mana3 mashrou3 iqtisadeh inme2eh bil damour like the silicon valley (jumblat???!!)

  sa7bi kan bi nahr al bared w2alli ino ken fee sooriyeh wjame3it fat7i yakan plus other mercenaries coming from syria . sle7 al laser byitdabar min tejjar al sle7 wil mafia wil rockets yalli it3emal ma3on hizballah even hizballah gets US weapns through their dealers.

• 17. open your mind | October 21st, 2007 at 8:49 pm

  don’t you see that the real problem is religion dogma!!

• 18. arze | October 22nd, 2007 at 3:58 pm

  GMA POP84 man…..you should go work in creative or in adv agency ..You are so creative ! Nothing of what u said happend ! nothing ! But i congratulate you for ur perfect and magnificent creativity

• 19. Mountain | October 22nd, 2007 at 4:03 pm

  arze, what s false?? give us evidence that it is wrong. my eye has witnessed many of the above mentioned FACTS

• 20. Johnny.b | October 23rd, 2007 at 8:21 pm

  Mountain,

  were u on pills?

• 21. zzzz | December 19th, 2007 at 2:16 pm

  nice video!!!or not?

• 22. Why Hezbollah got their ASSES kicked by ISRAEL | December 20th, 2007 at 7:14 am

  Why Hezbollah LOST the War in Lebanon!
  And the Current ‘Present’ Situation in Southern Lebanon

  By Gabriel al-Amin
  Beirut, Lebanon

  http://www.lebanonwire.com/0709MLN/07092429MN.asp

  On July 12, 2006 Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers that led to Israel’s war with them and, by extension, Lebanon itself. Hezbollah has been on Israel’s fence since the latter’s withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000. Israel always requested from the international community and from the Lebanese government to deploy its Lebanese Army there instead of Hezbollah militants. Hezbollah, quite naturally, refused! Hezbollah vowed to NEVER allow any other force other than itself to occupy southern Lebanon. Even during the conflict, Hezbollah said it would never agree to allow either the Lebanese army nor international monitors to patrol southern Lebanon.

  Then finally, when two IDF (Israeli Defense Force) soldiers were kidnapped, Israel found the perfect excuse it was looking for to go into Lebanon and push Hezbollah well away from the Lebanese-Israel border. Israel pursued a limited invasion and killed over 500-600 Hezbollah members during the one month war. Additionally, Israel took over every single village in southern Lebanon. During the conflict even though Hezbollah received such a blow and all its members were freaked out and on the run. Yet when the hostilities ended, Hezbollah claimed victory! But did it really win?

  Firstly, Israel agreed to a cessation of hostilities NOT because it surrendered and defeated militarily, but because of international pressure from the European Union and the United States. During this conflict Israel endured more international pressure, than it ever did in the past 10 years. Israel was put forth conditions and international agreements, such as the deployment of 15,000 Lebanese soldiers and 15,000 United Nations peace keepers into southern Lebanon, and arms embargo on Hezbollah. “This” proposal which was presented to Israel which EVEN Hezbollah agreed to accept, was something Israel was yearning for for many decades and was a once in a life time opportunity, it was a REAL “golden opportunity,” even the far right in Israel said “this is an excellent proposal, so give it a shot.” This cessation of hostilities, known as “The August Ceasefire”, was initiated by the United Nations and International Community, and was put forward before both parties, Israel and Hezbollah, Hezbollah JUMPED right on the wagon to accept, because they saw it as the only way out of the mess they got themselves into. While at the same time, Israel was more stubborn on accept this ceasefire-agreement, since they were on a winning streak. Ever since then Hezbollah has not been seen or heard from in Southern Lebanon! At long last the frail Lebanese Government has finally had a degree of sovereignty over all of its state and is finally monitoring and guarding its own borders.

  Not too long ago, nearly all television and print media images coming out of southern Lebanon were that of armed Hezbollah fighters with their guns, outposts, and banners. Not anymore! Hezbollah is now hiding under rocks in Southern Lebanon, its military might having received a substantial blow. In addition, Hezbollah is no longer enjoying the freedom and luxury of easily transferring Syrian/Iranian weaponry across the Lebanese-Syrian border or via the Beirut seaport. Much of this due to the combined efforts of a stronger Lebanese army and U.N. forces keeping a lid on such transferals.

  But even though the International Troops and the Lebanese Army keep Hezbollah in check, isn’t there still Hezbollah presence in Southern Lebanon, EVEN THOUGH they are hiding “under rocks?” The same could be said for Al Qaeda presence in the United States, who are also hiding under rocks.

  Hezbollah may portray themselves as fearsome “militants” but they are in fact cowards cowering behind Lebanese civilians. Yet, through mostly pin-point targeting, the IDF dealt a heavy blow to Hezbollah. Five to six hundred Hezbollah terrorists were killed and nearly all of their bases, headquarters and tactical infrastructure destroyed.

  Some might say, “But didn’t Hezbollah manage to shoot over one hundred rockets into Israel every single day? AND why, during the war, didn’t the Israel army/air-force ever manage to stop the Katyusha fire?” Well the answer to that would be “What’s so impressive about groups of one or two rag heads pointing and setting off an unguided Katyusha southward into Israel?” In addition to the fact that Hezbollah only needed 1% of their military might in order to shoot Katyushas from their scattered fields and caves, into Israel every day. Plus, the only way to have completely stopped the Katyusha fire would have been to occupy every square inch of South Lebanon, including 20 miles north of the Litani, and to stay there for a few months.

  Israel ‘BADLY’ miscalculated Hezbollah, those past 6 years since it withdrew from Lebanon. Why? Because in 2004, it was estimated that if Israel was to engage in war with Hezbollah, their Katyusha arsenal would result in 100 deaths per day on the Israeli side, but instead only 2 people per day were killed by those rockets. But during the war, Israel came to the realization that 99.9% of all those rocket attacks, mostly result in a lot of noise and broken windows. Prior to the war it was also estimated that if Israel launched a ground invasion, it would result in the deaths of over 70 Israeli soldiers per day, which would have left over 2000 dead on the IDF side at the end of the 34 day conflict. But only 120 soldiers were killed in total, which makes it 3-4 soldiers per day. Also, prior to the war AND during the war, both the ‘poor’ Israeli intelligence and Hezbollah itself even claimed, that the “Mighty Hezbollah Rocket Arsenal” would hit Tel-Aviv, but ‘no rocket ever made it to Tel-Aviv!’ Instead, Hezbollah, tried to send little remote controlled ‘toy’ planes there.

  The reason 120 soldiers were killed in the first place, is because what would someone expect if an army deployed 30,000 soldiers squashed together in a small, tight, open space (South Lebanon)! It was amazing that after the war, those soldier didn’t all suffer from cluster phobia. But even though Israel deployed so many soldiers in the open, Hezbollah didn’t manage to deliver that harsh blow as was estimated before the ground invasion. But after all, Hezbollah didn’t fight as courageous as the Egyptians during the Suez Canal invasion, nor as the Syrians during the war in the Golan heights.

  It shouldn’t shock the world that Hezbollah bombed a couple Israeli Merkava Tanks, because even the Palestinians have done it in the past too. Blowing up a Merkava Tank is NOT an ‘uncommon’ operation. But at the same time Israel was still advancing and still taking over every village in South Lebanon, bombing every headquarter and outpost, all Hezbollah members were on the run. Even though Israel lost a couple of tanks and didn’t destroy Hezbollah, it still doesn’t mean they (Israel) were defeated militarily. The definition of military defeat, mean: to crush the other side, force it to flee and or be on the run, or force it into surrender. Israel was not defeated militarily!

  The same can be said about the Israeli naval ship that was bombed by Hezbollah of the coast of Lebanon, during the first week of the conflict, which caused a tiny bit of damage to the ship and which resulted in the deaths of 4 Israeli naval soldiers. Once again this wasn’t a military defeat, but it was an internal flaw, which meant that; Israel needed a better anti missile naval detector radar, a better anti missile interceptor, and better armor for its ship. But did Hezbollah succeed in sinking the ship and destroying it completely, did they destroy all the Israeli naval ships of the Lebanon Coast, did Israel scurry away with all its ships with its tail in between its legs, or did Israel ask for a cease-fire? NO! Instead, Israel simultaneously the same day, brought the damaged ship back into Israel for repair and sent another ship to the Lebanon Coast to replace it.

  During and after the war, Hezbollah regretted starting the war in the first place, by kidnapped the two Israeli soldiers. But Israel on the other hand, didn’t regret going to war with Hezbollah, not even 1%. In fact Israel was ready to go for round two, but Hezbollah, will not dare even consider thinking about it.

  During the fighting, many people (both inside and outside Lebanon) finally saw Hezbollah as they really are… a terrorist group. It’s strategy had little or no military value. The rockets they launched were intended to cause terror among Israel’s citizenry. They were not aimed at Israel military targets.

  Israel never managed to destroy Hezbollah. As much as the IDF might have wanted to, the wiping out of Hezbollah was not Israel’s goal. Nor could it ever be its goal. It is against the laws of physics to destroy a guerilla/terrorist group (America is learning it the hard way with Al Qaeda) since their operatives and members are always blending in and out of the civilian populations from which they so cowardly operate. In fact NEVER in history has a guerilla group ever been destroyed.

  Additionally, rescuing the kidnapped IDF soldiers without a strong intelligence as to exactly where they were hidden, would have been a nearly impossible mission.. assuming they had not already been secreted out of Lebanon into Syria or Iran!

  We constantly hear phrases such “Hezbollah emerged stronger,” “Hezbollah is now stronger than ever,” or “Hezbollah is now seen stronger than before!” There is some truth to that. Since before the Israeli withdrawal of 2000, Hezbollah was seen as more of a small arms, home made explosive, cut and run group, but during this conflict they were able to show off their Iranian made weapons. But they were no match for the Israeli army, whom they bowed down to at the end, by feeling too threatened to attack and provoke ever again.

  When the United Nations wanted to impose a 48-hour ceasefire, it was Hezbollah which rushed to accept while Israel had to be pressured. Obviously this was because Israel had the military momentum in her favor. And when the month-long conflict ended, Hezbollah leader, Nasrallah, remained in an underground bunker, no longer enjoying frequent visits to central Beirut, giving daily “Hate Israel” speeches, driving down to his home town of southern Lebanon or enjoying first class flights to Damascus and Tehran. Nasrallah even admitted that had he known that even one percent of this war would have gone as it had, he would have NEVER kidnapped the soldiers and thus started the war!

  “We did not think, even 1 percent, that the capture would lead to a war at this time and of this magnitude. You ask me, if I had known on July 11 … that the operation would lead to such a war, would I do it? I say no, absolutely not.” - Hezbollah Leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, August 27, 2006

  In February 2007, there was a skirmish between Israeli troops and the Lebanese army on the Israel/Lebanon border, even though this skirmish that resulted in a shoot out and was unfortunate, the ray of light from all this, was that Israel was confronted and attacked by the Lebanese army and not by Hezbollah. This was one of the first signs that showed that the Lebanese army was doing its job. This was mostly due to the fact that Hezbollah lost its kingdom in Southern Lebanon, and is NOW in constant check by UNIFL, Lebanese Army, and International Troops. At least the Lebanese army was able to stand its ground and take control, unlike BEFORE the August 11 ceasefire! At least Israel finally got its wish, after 40 years, to FINALLY have the Lebanese army in control of the border. Since August 11, 2006 when the Lebanese army began its deployment in Southern Lebanon, not a single Katuysha, let alone a singe bullet was fired toward the Israeli side of the fence by Hezbollah. Unlike after the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in May 2000, when Hezbollah would look for any excuse to shoot Katyushas into Israel at least once every three months, but not anymore. No longer will the Israeli citizens of Northern Israel will ever live in fear once again!

  People in the Lebanese Government now hate Hezbollah, for bringing destruction to Lebanon. All of Hezbollah’s southern Beirut strong posts were destroyed by Israel. Even after the cease fire, Israel stayed in Lebanon for two more months in order to destroy all remaining Hezbollah outposts and bunkers while Hezbollah stood by and did nothing. During the conflict some of the Israel/Lebanon border fence was destroyed and torn down, and Israel was in no rush to fix it, since what’s the point? Hezbollah will not want to mess with the IDF again! Even until today some of that fence has not been fixed yet, since the only threat of infiltration, now, is from drug dealers smuggling Hashish across that border.

  But what about the Winograd Commission, “which is an independent Israeli government-appointed commission of inquiry, chaired by retired Israeli chief judge Eliyahu Winograd, which is set out to investigate and draw lessons from the failures experienced by Israel during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. Which resulted in a war panel, and even the resignation of high figures such as the Israeli chief of staff Dan Halutz.” The reason THIS is currently taking place in Israel, is it goes to show that Israel is a democratic country! If a “Lebanese-Winograd Commission” would be done to Hezbollah; for launching an illogical irresponsible attack on Israel, by kidnapping the two soldiers which led to the war and the destruction of Lebanon. And if a Lebanese Winograd Commission would be done to the Lebanese government; for not controlling its southern border by allowing thuggish armed militias (Hezbollah) to roam free there, allowing illegal weapon shipments via the Lebanese seaport, air port, and Syrian Lebanese border to those armed “non-governmental” militias, and allowing Syria and Iran to meddle in its politics, then Lebanon would crumble to dust! But after all, Lebanon is not a Democracy.

  Worst case scenario, the Winograd Commission and some of the failures of this war, prove, that Israel might have been defeated from within, but not militarily.

  Furthermore there hasn’t been one complaint filed against Hezbollah on behalf of UNIFL and the International Troops since last year’s August cease-fire, the only complaint filed, was against the Israeli army for their over flights over Lebanese territory. Speaking about Israeli over flights, even the Israeli army itself, hasn’t complained even once, about hostile enemy fire against its planes by Hezbollah. Since Israel withdrew from Lebanon in May 2000, up until the war last summer, they continued their daily over flight and breaches over Lebanese territory, only to find themselves being confronted by Hezbollah anti-aircraft artillery. But after the August cease-fire Israel ‘STILL’ continued its breaches over Lebanese airspace, but this time, Hezbollah hasn’t even shot one pellet at them! Maybe because they are deterred and maybe because UNIFL and the Lebanese army are now in control.

  After the war, Hezbollah saw that it could no longer push around and bully Israel, and are therefore now trying to bully the “weak” Lebanese government by; their mass demonstration, camping out in front of the Lebanese Parliament, and political assassinations.

  Israel did loose the war last summer, but not in Lebanon, but instead in Gaza. After Gilad Shalit was kidnapped, Israel began a massive military campaign in Gaza, destroying infrastructure, entering towns and cities, going after terrorists, and also trying to stop the Qassam rocket fire. But instead, all it achieved was nothing, and the results of it were, that now, the Palestinians saw even more of a weakness in Israel. After the Israeli military campaign in Lebanon, deterrence was at least achieved, BUT unlike in Gaza, after the massive military campaign took place there (Gaza), the Israeli deterrence was lost for good, and now, the Palestinians are, even, more UNDETERRED from Israel that ever! And therefore have increase their rocket fire into Israel. In addition to the fact that as soon as Israel stopped its military campaign, Hamas and other groups said, “They are now even more determined than ever to kidnap another Israeli Soldier.” In April of 2007, they acted on their promise, under the cover of intense rocket fire on the Israel town of Sderot, Hamas terrorists again attempted to infiltrate Israel in order to abduct another soldier, but failed. A month later the militant group Islamic Jihad successfully infiltrated Israel, to also try to kidnap an Israeli soldier, but also failed. At least they weren’t afraid to try!

  After the war some Arab Governments, including the Palestinians, claimed Hezbollah achieved a divine victory! But hey, lets not forget, that some of those Arab governments and Palestinians which claimed Hezbollah won that “divine victory,” are some of those “same” Arab governments who “STILL” until today claim that Syria, Egypt, and the rest of the Arab World won the 1967 War and the 1973 War! That is why after this war Israel lost its deterrence against the Palestinians, Iran, and Syria. BUT gained heavily, its deterrence, against Hezbollah.

  Conclusion:

  People from around the world, before the August cease-fire, would have never believed nor imagined that the Lebanese army would EVER be in control of its southern border. Nor, people would have never believed Lebanon would EVER be able to establish control over “illegal” arms shipments across its Lebanese/Syrian border, sea ports, and airports, and, well, it finally is!

  Hezbollah will most likely never dare kidnap IDF soldiers because they saw the might and strength of the Israeli army, and they now feel threatened. Sure, some Hezbollah sympathizers may throw rocks, wave Hezbollah flags or scream “Allah Akbar” at the Lebanese-Israeli border fence but Hezbollah rank and file are laying low. Very low! And Hezbollah is no longer the imminent threat at that very same border.

  Since the ‘moment’ the two soldiers were kidnapped and even during the war, Israel knew, they would not succeed in getting them back, in addition to the fact that destroying a guerilla group is against the laws of physics! Once people will get those two facts into their heads, then THEY will realize that, the outcomes that were achieved as a result of this conflict, were the best possible “REALISTIC” outcomes that Israel could have achieved.

  Obviously this past year, the Northern Israeli border has been the quietest it has ever been over the past 40 years.

  By, Gabriel al-Amin
  Beirut, Lebanon

  Articles and Refernces:

  UNIFL: Not ‘ONE’ complaint filed against Hezbollah since last years cease-fire
  (Jerusalem Post 6/14/2007)
  http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1181813036239&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

  Again, Israeli gloom is misplaced (First Post - 4/17/2007)
  http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=1&subID=688&WT.srch=1

  Lebanese army, UNIFIL are keeping Hezbollah in check (Haaretz - 2/21/2007)
  http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/828765.html

  Hezbollah’s ‘Victory’? (Washington Post 9/1/2006)
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/31/AR2006083101444_pf.html

  The Lebanese Winnograd Commission (Thomas Friedman, New York Times 5/10/2007)
  http://www.theolympian.com/109/story/104847.html

  The Egyptian, 1973 October Victory (Egyptian State Information Service)
  http://www.sis.gov.eg/VR/october/english/7.htm

  Lebanon’s Army Chief “the Lebanese Army is properly controlling its borders with Syria” (Moqwama.net [Hizbollah’s Official Website])
  http://www.moqawama.org/english/_nos.php?filename=20070330111424153

• 23. AJ | May 9th, 2008 at 12:28 am

  You must have seen what happened today in beirut. you must have seen who talks shit and who is capable of turning promises into actions on ground. bl ekher byerba7 l batal w mne7ro2 l akhdar wel yebes are scared their militia’s gave up and all their offices have been captured by hizbollah’s troops. LF ur next

• 24. normal lebanese | May 21st, 2008 at 2:20 pm

  its not even a comparison, every part worked for and against lebanon some timess, yet, we are lebanese at last, so stop that shit, and stop partitioning the lebanese !! plz, you know your history wasn’t shinny, i dont want to remember you !!!
  thanks

• 25. normal lebanese | May 21st, 2008 at 2:21 pm

  and by the way, who’s talking for hasan nasrallah, dont make me believe that its his voice too.
  have a life plz

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