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Comments on: Hassan Nasrallah https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/08/hassan-nasrallah/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:36:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/08/hassan-nasrallah/comment-page-1/#comment-17123 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:30:19 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/08/hassan-nasrallah/#comment-17123 He is the scariest guy in the Middle East and he reads, a lot. He has read the memoirs of all of the Israeli politicians and obviously understands Israeli politics. That’s why Hezbollah is so dangerous unless you remove its reason for a militia – Israeli occupation.

I don’t see how Syria or Iran can control him, now that he has the “street” in his corner. He could decide to become the Mahdi at any time, and that would make the old UAR alliance between Syria and Egypt look like a social club.

Israel kept assassinating people until we ended up with the “Survivor” – a preacher, politician, and general with a lot of oil money behind him and he’s facing Bush and Olmert, who are not exactly Borgia-class thinkers.

]]> By: phinky https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/08/hassan-nasrallah/comment-page-1/#comment-17122 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:08:25 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/08/08/hassan-nasrallah/#comment-17122 Hezbollah and Israel have a symbiotic relationship. Both need the other to justify their existence. Hezbollah was declining in influence in Lebanon after the Cedar Revolution. Hezbollah was the only group demonstrating in favor of Syria staying in Lebanon after the asasination(sp?) of Rafik Hariri. To the Lebanese, Syria is public enemy number two, Israel is number one.

So what’s a political party/militia/social services agency going to do to get its mojo back? Provoke public enemy number one. Nasrallah knew that Israel would use overwhelming force in response to the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers. So Israel has bombed Lebanon back to the stone age for the second time in 30 years. Civilians are killed, humanitarian aid is blocked. Not only are Shia civilians targeted, but Sunnis, Druze, and Maronite Christians are caught in the crossfire. Not only that Israel looks like the bad guy in the Arab world and Hezbollah gets more support because they stood up to big, bad Israel.

I’d say Nasrallah’s a master manipulator. He’s also a Machiavellian genius.

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