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2016-12-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Hezbollah No Longer Guerilla Organization, an ‘Army in Every Respect’: Haaretz

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Posted by Fred 2016-12-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

#1 Assad needs Hezbollah to be in Syria, next year and probably for a few more after that. By then the cumulative casualties may have taken more of a toll then Nasrallah can stomach. This is because they have to keep enough force in Lebanon to sufficiently intimidate the population there.

Posted by lord garth 2016-12-21 03:47|| 2016-12-21 03:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh, good - we can eradicate an army.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-12-21 05:47|| 2016-12-21 05:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Hizb'allah is a volunteer "army". I wonder how that's going, given the surety of being chewed up in Syria.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-12-21 15:21|| 2016-12-21 15:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Then it becomes:
"You! You just volunteered. Get in the truck"

Posted by Frank G 2016-12-21 15:24|| 2016-12-21 15:24|| Front Page Top

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