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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Israel cannot fight two ground wars at the same time. This operation just ended the risk that Israel would need to engage Hezbollah in a ground war. Hezbollah has been continually escalating for the past six months and it was getting dangerously close to Israel being pulled into a 2nd war or - at the very least - a sustained air campaign that would have catastrophic effects on Lebanese civilians.

This pager sabotage operation actually saved many thousands of civilian lives on both side of the border.

Further, it needs to be reiterated that Hezbollah just killed 12 Druze children playing soccer on a playground in northern Israel just last month with their rockets.

Yes, war sucks. [/quote]

Hezbollah has said multiple times they will stop the rocket attacks if there is a ceasefire in Gaza.

Israel has killed over 150 civilians in Lebanon in the past 11 months. That is civilians, not Hezbollah.

That number includes a journalist for Reuters, paramedics, and many children.

I don't think the life of an Israeli kid is worth more than a Druze kid or a Lebanese kid or a Palestinian kid.

The best way to stop the Lebanon and Israel war is to get a ceasefire in Gaza. Which Netanyahu and his cronies don't want.

https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-airstrike-nabatiyeh-294288635bb489fdefd8d36978651554
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-tank-strike-killed-clearly-identifiable-reuters-reporter-un-report-2024-03-13/
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanese-paramedics-killed-israeli-strike-border-fighting-intensifies-2024-09-07/[/quote]

Why is Hezbollah getting involved outside of lebanon they shouldn't be attacking other countries, not logical[/quote]

The first rockets fired by Hezbollah on October 8th were not outside Lebanon. They were towards Israeli military positions in Shebaa Farms.

Shebaa Farms is considered by most of the world to be illegally occupied by Israel. It was captured from Syria in 1967, but both Lebanon and Syria consider it Lebanese territory.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-artillery-strikes-targets-in-lebanon-as-mortar-shells-fired-toward-israel/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/8/israel-hezbollah-exchange-fire-raising-regional-tensions[/quote]

Why are they involved with a country outside of lebanon, they shouldn't be firing rockets to anyone and why is lebanon letting they stay in their country , this would be an act of war in all cases. Why do they get an exception? [/quote]

Because Lebanon is an extremely complicated country with all sorts of religious and sectarian divisions. Lebanon is more or less a third Shi'a muslim, a third Sunni Muslim, and a third Maronite Christian. Some Eastern Orthodox and Druze too. The Muslim population tends to have many more children than the Christian population, which is an issue because the Constitution divides power among the various sects and denominations.

It's a mess.

The one thing most Lebanese will agree with though is that Hezbollah has been a disaster for Lebanon. It's an extremist Shi'a militant group that acts as an army for Iran. There is very little about Hezbollah that is acting in the interest of the Lebanese. It is effectively a foreign army and political faction that does the bidding of Iran. As a result of the military support from Iran - lots of weapons and training - it is stronger than the Lebanese Army. And Lebanon is always an inch away from another disastrous civil war.

Gaza and the Palestinians have very little to do with anything in Lebanon. The last time Lebanon was involved with Palestinians - the 1980s - was an absolute disaster for Lebanon.

I read the posts here and it's very clear that so many progressives are swimming in a river of ignorance. I would highly recommend slowing down and reading some books about the conflicts in the region.[/quote]

If the urban Maronite and rich Sunnies didn't spit on the poor rural Shia in Lebanon, there wouldn't be a Hezbollah.

Hezbollah is a political party in Lebanon. It stands in elections and wins seats in the parliament. Deal. Aren't you for democracy?[/quote]

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