This is what the people have to say.
The Lebanese tooters:
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Lebanese Political Journal
From Beirut to the Beltway
Welcome to My Lebanese Dream:
Rampurple:
As if Lebanon’s political situation wasn’t frustarating as is, Hizbullah decided to give us a day full of action and drama! Why do we still have to go through this shit?! It feels like crap sitting in the comfort of my home in Kuwait while people’s homes are being destroyed in Lebanon.
What gives Hizbullah the right to decide the fate of the rest of Lebanon?! I am so sick of this situation. I am sick of the politicians we have as well!
I got so much anger in me I don’t know how to express it!
Beirut Spring:
Hezbollah is trying to fool us. It wants us to believe that it’s offering Israel a fair deal. We are being bluffed to relax, to conclude that Israel will eventually do “the right thing”; because -and here goes the bluff aimed at Israel- we have “Surprises” hidden up our sleeves. (…)
By unilaterally provoking the trigger-happy Israelis yesterday, Hezbollah is squarely to blame for the Lebanese lives wasted, the infrastructure destroyed, the inconvenience caused to millions because of the stalled airport, and the unearned millions of dollars in tourist revenues (with the resulting unemployment and immigration).
2:48 AM:
“With these current attacks you would think the government would wake up and realize that its time to distance themselves from Hezbollah and let the whole world know that the Lebanese people are against Hezbollah and against their actions. But, of course that didn’t happen, the Lebanese government is calling all parties to be united against Israel. What a load of political crap, they are going to make things a lot worst for everyone.”
tooters from the rest of the Arab world:
Iraq the Model:
From an Iraqi perspective I believe that a powerful strike to Hizbollah will be in Iraq’s national interest. Hizbollah is Iran’s and Syria’s partner in feeding instability in Iraq as there were evidence that this terror group has a role in equipping and training insurgents in Iraq and Hizbollah had more than once openly showed support for the “resistance” in Iraq and sponsored the meetings of Baathist and radical Islamist militants who are responsible for most of the violence in Iraq.
Body on the Line:
I was so elated to hear that somone finally retaliated against the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). At the same time, I’m very fearful of what may happen to Lebanese and Palestinians living in the south of Lebanon in the coming days.
لقد وصلت الغطرسة الإسرائيلية حد أن تفرض حصارا بريا وبحريا وجويا كاملا على دولة لبنان الدولة العربيّة الحرّة المستقلة لا بل ووصلت درجة أن تطالب لبنان باخلاء الضاحية الجنوبية للعاصمة بيروت ليحلو لها دكّ العاصمة اللبنانية كيفما تشاء.
يا للعنجهية الصهيونية.
Pheras:
What the hell is this guy trying to prove?! Why attack Israel? Why capture their soldiers? Why bombard them? Why start war with them?! You know that you’re not a match to them, why should two countries suffer instead of just one country?!
Mahmood’s Den:
Look: Israel, whether we like it or not, has the upper hand and has had it for an awful long time. Politically, militarily and even morally in the eyes of the world. We have lost the battle on so many fronts that it boggles the mind that we still don’t recognise that the only way forward is swallowing our pride - even momentarily - and making peace. Because if the Palestinians really think that Arabs will come to their rescue, they are dreaming! So facing reality, what have we really benefited over the last 60 years of waging wars with Israel and the whole world other than bigger cemeteries for both sides?
Rantings of a Sandmonkey:
The responses of the people in Egypt are…interesting. My dad’s view is that comic sadness “Those poor lebanese. Every single time they rebuild Beirut, it gets destroyed, so they rebuild it again, and it gets destroyed again. It’s like a Seesaw!”, while my co-worker H. response is of “We should go to War, and attack Israel, if we have any sembelnce of diginity or self-respect. War War war, rah rah rah, blah blah blah”, all said while he lounges confortably in his leather chair.”
Rambling Hal:
“I also want to slap religious fanatics that think they have the right to call violence and murder and terrorism by Islam. Them I don’t want to just slap. I want to do other things to them instead. But I won’t go into that now. I’ll try and curb my violent tendencies. It’s too early in the day for blood.”
What’s up in Jordan?
The behavior of successive Israeli governments on this issue seems to be specifically designed to encourage militant groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, and to humiliate moderate forces such as the Jordanian government.
عام من قبل الشعب اللبناني الذي يبدو أنه سيبقى دائما يخوض حروبا بالوكالة عن الآخرين ويدفع ثمن قرارات خارجية
