I’ll just leave this here…
Another view on Hezbollah
It is true that there are many, many Lebanese Christians who support Hezbollah. Of course, since the majority of Lebanese Christians live outside of Lebanon (in the diaspora, they in fact form a super-majority), I’d be wary of extrapolating based on any one community’s view. Keep in mind that Lebanon is not just Maronites, Shiites, Sunnis and Druze…there are something like 18 sects recognized in Lebanon, and all have their own political peculiarities. In the past, when Maronite Christian resistance was a viable option (before the Ouwet were forcibly disarmed and the Arab identity was forced onto Lebanon as part of the BS “Ta’if Agreement”), you would have found the majority of Christians in Lebanon with the Ouwet, the Guardians of the Cedars, the Tigers, the Marada, or some other Christian militia during the civil war. But there were always those who were against all that and with the PLO, like the majority of the Greek Orthodox who are usually pan-Arabist (see, for instance, George Habash). Since all of those militia groups are essentially extinct, and the LF has been transformed into a regular opposition party, the only option remaining for armed resistance to outside agitation is Hezbollah, who NEVER had to disarm even though they gained such assurances through kidnapping and extortion. It is Lebanon’s peril that the dog Hassan Nasrallah operates his armed “state within a state” and then uses the fallout of his idiotic decisions to rally more of Lebanon to his party and his form of Lebanese nationalism. It does not help that there are traitors like the useful idiot Michel Aoun and his “Tayyar” who kiss Hassan’s feet and claim to embrace “centrism” and “secularism”. Tfeh!
Basically, Lebanon’s a mess, everyone’s out for himself and his party or confession, and because Lebanon
really is a target for Israeli aggression and Syrian (and American!) meddling, Hezbollah remains popular with people who have a very peculiar view of self and national/regional interest. I’m not sure I wouldn’t share it myself, if I were Lebanese living in-country, since the viable options for Christians are pretty darn slim, all things considered. Luckily I have known Lebanese who have had their heads screwed on straight (anti-Hezb
and anti-Israel? Oh my stars! You’d think this was impossible!), but as they were living in Eugene, Oregon and not Beirut I am not sure how popular their views are among Lebanese as a whole. As the Christian population continues to decline, we see both more militancy and more apathy.
Some even say they are effectively in a third civil war right now. Guess who loses this one?
