A Little More Insight

I was pointed at a useful Hezbollah Primer. It contains a lot of good historical information, regardless of any opinions that might come through.

For me, one interesting note is that the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel has (up until recently) taken place in the Golan Heights, which Israel is illegally occupying. Not that there's any reason to give any merit to Israel's claims in this war, anyway, but this means that Israel launched its latest war because of an attack that took place in territory they shouldn't be in. It's like WMDs, though ... simply an excuse that allows it to rally popular support for its massacre of Lebanese civilians.

The code words that Israel (and in turn the U.S. government and press) use also becomes clearer from reading this Primer. To make a goal of eliminating Hezbollah is to state a desire to commit genocide. And for what? I can only guess, Lebensraum?

The downside of the article is that while it does present clearly why people in Lebanon support Hezbollah, it doesn't address the organization's policies. As much as they provide support to the local population, they are still a backwards-looking organization that is looking to control that population. They are a dead end for the population, Shi'i or not.