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2015-02-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Analysis: Hizbullah Faces Hard Choices Between Fighting Israel, Sunnis

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-02-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
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#1 Attacking the Israelis is for propaganda. Fighting the Sunnis is for survival.

Posted by Penguin 2015-02-04 10:43|| 2015-02-04 10:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Why not fight them both? It'd be a "floor wax and a dessert topping" opportunity.

Posted by Pappy 2015-02-04 11:04|| 2015-02-04 11:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Hamas' Izzedine Al-Shimmer Brigade™

Posted by Frank G 2015-02-04 13:22|| 2015-02-04 13:22|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 Why not fight them both?

So many infidels, so little time.

Posted by SteveS 2015-02-04 13:49|| 2015-02-04 13:49|| Front Page Top

#5 What's so hard about this choice: if you won't fight Sunnis, they'll squash you; if you will fight Israel, Israel will squash you.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-02-04 14:27|| 2015-02-04 14:27|| Front Page Top

#6 I think they hope that if they attack Israel the Sunni's will back off or lose support, at least for awhile.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-02-04 14:49|| 2015-02-04 14:49|| Front Page Top

#7 The Israeli behavior shows this is not true.
Even fighting a war, Heezbollah has deterrence against Israel.

Posted by Lionel Thoth9784 2015-02-04 18:22|| 2015-02-04 18:22|| Front Page Top

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