scribblet Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 (edited) This should leave little doubt about Hezbollah's true intentions, and you wonder why Israel has to continue to have the right to defend itself. “President Ahmadinejad is right when he says Israel is illegitimate and should cease to exist,” Nasrallah told an ecstatic crowd of tens of thousands via video link. Ahmadinejad, who has called Israel a “tumour,” has denied the Holocaust and repeatedly said the Jewish state is “doomed to be wiped off the map.” As recently as last month, he said the people of the Middle East are “capable of removing the Zionist regime” from the world scene. Chanting “death to America” and “death to Israel,” Hezbollah supporters turned out en masse in the southern suburb of Beirut they control to welcome Ahmadinejad, whose country is a major financial, military and ideological supporter of their militant Shiite group. A beaming Ahmadinejad, who arrived in Lebanon Wednesday morning on a two-day visit, waved at the crowd before taking a seat next to Hezbollah number two Naim Qassem. The rally was held at an outdoor stadium where Iranian flags and photos of Ahmadinejad were hoisted alongside two life-sized pictures of overturned Israeli Merkava tanks. ” Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/Hezbollah+chief+echoes+Iran+call+Israel+disappear/3665383/story.html#ixzz12IYROxEj Edited October 14, 2010 by scribblet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Weber Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 This should leave little doubt about Hezbollah's true intentions, and you wonder why Israel has to continue to have the right to defend itself. Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/Hezbollah+chief+echoes+Iran+call+Israel+disappear/3665383/story.html#ixzz12IYROxEj Not really shocking... Hezbollah has been a known Iranian proxy...I was told by the resident Hamas/Hezbollah/Islamic Jihad apologist that this was not the case,however... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonam Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Hardly news. Hezbollah's hatred for Israel is well known and has been for decades. It was aptly illustrated just 4 years ago when Hezbollah's act of naked aggression against Israel sparked a war that claimed the lives of 1300 people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 sounds like hezbollah doesn't recognize international law by not recognizing israel as a legitimate state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 (edited) Hardly news. Hezbollah's hatred for Israel is well known and has been for decades. It was aptly illustrated just 4 years ago when Hezbollah's act of naked aggression against Israel sparked a war that claimed the lives of 1300 people. israel once again committed war crimes by killing civilians as documented by human right watch, amnesty international and other NGOs. A 6 September 2007 Human Rights Watch report found that most of the civilian deaths in Lebanon resulted from "indiscriminate Israeli airstrikes", and found that Israeli aircraft targeted vehicles carrying fleeing civilians.[198] In a statement issued before the report's release, the human rights organization said there was no basis to the Israeli government's claim that civilian casualties resulted from Hezbollah guerrillas using civilians as shields. Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch executive director, said there were only "rare" cases of Hezbollah operating in civilian villages. "To the contrary, once the war started, most Hizbollah military officials and even many political officials left the villages" he said. "Most Hizbollah military activity was conducted from prepared positions outside Lebanese villages in the hills and valleys around." Roth also noted that "Hezbollah fighters often didn’t carry their weapons in the open or regularly wear military uniforms, which made them a hard target to identify. But this doesn’t justify the IDF’s failure to distinguish between civilians and combatants, and if in doubt to treat a person as a civilian, as the laws of war require." of course, israel did another self investigation and to no ones surprise, cleared itself of any wrongful actions. Edited October 14, 2010 by bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 The Dinnerjacket is pretty much setting the place up for another civil war. Ahmadinejad: Iran will stand behind Lebanon and help punish Israel.Non-Hezbollah Lebanese Dude: Ah crap, not again. Hey, he's not speaking for me, Israel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribblet Posted October 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Hezbollah is often portrayed as being a legitimate peaceful political party, but I thought it would dispel that once and for all. http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100811_hezbollah_radical_rational A close look at Hezbollah reveals a potent capacity to conduct terrorist attacks. The group is certainly more capable and could be far more dangerous than al Qaeda. An examination also reveals that Hezbollah has a robust presence in Latin America and that it uses its network there to smuggle people into the United States, where it has long maintained a presence. A balanced look at Hezbollah, however, shows that, while the threat it poses is real — and serious — that threat is not new and it is not likely to be exercised. There are a number of factors that have limited Hezbollah’s use of its international network for terrorist purposes in recent years. A decision to return to such activity would not be made lightly, or without carefully calculating the cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Hezbollah is often portrayed as being a legitimate peaceful political party, but I thought it would dispel that once and for all. http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100811_hezbollah_radical_rational Hezbollah is actually both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Hardly news. Hezbollah's hatred for Israel is well known and has been for decades. It was aptly illustrated just 4 years ago when Hezbollah's act of naked aggression against Israel sparked a war that claimed the lives of 1300 people. Of course. Hezbollah began as a resistance movement to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. And Israels support for the SLA, and its torture camps. Why would it be suprising to you that Hezbollah and Israel hate each other? News at 11... The mice and cat dont get along... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Not really shocking... Hezbollah has been a known Iranian proxy...I was told by the resident Hamas/Hezbollah/Islamic Jihad apologist that this was not the case,however... Not really shocking...Hezbollah has been a known Iranian proxy...I was told by the resident Hamas/Hezbollah/Islamic Jihad apologist that this was not the case,however... I wouldnt call them a proxy really. Iran supports Hezbolla because they represent Lebanons Shia and Druze. So its a religious connection mostly. Hezbollah also recieving money from Shia all over the world because of this connection. I also see no real problem with Iran supporting them. How is that any better or worse than Israel supporting the SLA? This is just geo-political reality. Thats what nation states do when theres a civil war... they pick sides. Israel picked the SLA and propped them up. Iran did the same with Hezbollah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Of course. Hezbollah began as a resistance movement to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. And Israels support for the SLA, and its torture camps. Why would it be suprising to you that Hezbollah and Israel hate each other? News at 11... The mice and cat dont get along... Quiz: Why did Israel invade Lebanon in 1982? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Quiz: Why did Israel invade Lebanon in 1982? Two reasons... 1. Because the installation of UNIFIL in 1978 was not able to stop the two sides from attacking each other across the border. Skirmishes continuted, and the PLO got bigger and bolder. Israeli raids and PLO terrorist attacks were killing civilians on both sides. Then the PLO tried to assassinate Israels ambassador to Britain. Israel thought if they invaded they could wipe out the PLO. 2. Israel was backing their OWN terrorist organization in the Lebanese Civil War. The SLA... and they wanted their side to win, and felt they had a compelling interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Two reasons... 1. Because the installation of UNIFIL in 1978 was not able to stop the two sides from attacking each other across the border. Skirmishes continuted, and the PLO got bigger and bolder. Israeli raids and PLO terrorist attacks were killing civilians on both sides. Then the PLO tried to assassinate Israels ambassador to Britain. Israel thought if they invaded they could wipe out the PLO. 2. Israel was backing their OWN terrorist organization in the Lebanese Civil War. The SLA... and they wanted their side to win, and felt they had a compelling interest. Not bad...you might add Black September which is the reason Palestinian terrorists set-up shop in Lebanon in the first place. The reason I ask is that by saying Hezbollah was created in response to Israel's invasion you portray them as the victims of naked Israeli aggression. This, of course, isn't true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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