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Zain does your idiocy know no bounds?

How cool. Give social service, then kidnap enemy soldiers. then use your own served population as human shields. Repeat until nothing left.
Nasrallah and his cronies are terrorists not because they oppose Israel, but because they will kill amongst their own those who defy them. Remember Hariri
How about trying to make Lebanon the Dubai of the Mediterranean and doing some serious work??
In the name of the prophet (pbuh) use your brains everyone
By the way Israel sucks too

Alfred,

Refrain from platitudes please. The country was destroyed by Israel. Israel could have negotiated for the release of the soldiers, as it had done before, but it chose to indulge in collective punishment of the Lebanese people. Hezbullah owes its popularity to the huge mistake Israel made in choosing the course of action it did.
You mat also want to do some research into the social services it provides to its constituency, services that the Lebanese government has failed to provide.

Once again the shiites in lebanon and sad too that they allow a leader such mr nassrallah to who thinks that by distroying the country can rule Lebanon, and he also claims that he is lebanese. Talk about king of hippocracy. Mr nassrallah has over 25% of his people with no homes, where Iran and Syria to build their homes, or is Mr Nassrallah awaiting the lebanese immigrants and the EU to rebuild what he distroyed, or is he awaiting money to further assist in the total distruction of what has left from Lebanon??

Interesting comments by an observer of Lebanon's politics from Qatar. What's missing -- what always seems to be missing from Wash Post commentary on Lebanon -- is the role of demographic change. No real census of Lebanon's population, incl. religion, has been done since the mid-1940's. Back in the early days of the Lebanon civil war in the mid-1970's, academic experts guessed that the Shiite population was somewhere betw 35-40% of the country's total. The Shiites have experienced a relatively high birth rate since then. And, unlike the many Lebanese Christians and Sunnis who migrated out of Lebanon during the 15 yr civil war, the Lebanese Shiites mainly stayed put. So, a best guess estimate of Shiite portion of Lebanon's population is more than likely somewhere betw 45-50% of the total. Why shouldn't such a large portion of the population have control -- or at least veto power -- over ANY Lebanese govt. policy and decision?? Notwithstanding the alloting of Lebanon's govt. positions among its component groups that comes from the Lebanese compact of 1944 and the Taif agreement -- the basic question that should be asked by any and all observers of Lebanon's politics is -- why should the Sunni/Druze/partial Christian Mar 14 alliance that was put into power by massive USG funding of its political campaign for Parliament -- be Lebanon's govt?? Truly, the questions that needs to be answered is -- why isn't there an official current census of Lebanon's population -- and based on that census, why isn't there a redistricting of Parliament seats to reflect Lebanon's current real population mix? -- rather than some fantasy population mix that is used by the USG and French Govt. to justify keeping their stooges in power. I would love to ask Walid Jumblatt that question -- as well as to remind Walid that his much more famous and respected father is probably turning over in his grave as he observes how much a USG synchophant his son has become. LesG

Israel has already achieved its one great objective the dismemberment of Iraq.

Things are going from bad to worse in the Middle East. One is reminded of the days prior to WWII. The Cairo peace initiative is not going anywhere as long as Hamas is calling shots in Gaza. Iran wants a conflict, I believe, to distract attention from their complete economic faliure. Whatever Bush's faults, he understands what we are dealing with here. It's going to get ugly folks.

lahoud is a fine man. what he says in public (ant israel) is not always what he really believes. but he can say that in public for fear of his lfe.

most people admire him but at the same time are scared of hezbollah. i do not know what will happen but the proud people of my countr do not want hezbollah to bear arms. then iran will move in and we can not have that.

With the back President Lahoud Hezbollah seems to be winning. Hezbollah has also the backing of Michel Aoun and that should be make it even more dangerous.