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2008-08-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Lebanon Approves Weapons for Hizbullah
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Posted by tu3031 2008-08-05 11:14|| || Front Page|| [336071 views ]  Top

#1 The "monopoly on the legitimate use of violence" or "Gewaltmonopol des Staates" is a necessary condition for a state entity.

The Lebanese cabinet has just voted the Lebanese state away
Posted by john frum 2008-08-05 12:48||   2008-08-05 12:48|| Front Page Top

#2 I've seem passing mention that this tangles Lebanon as a whole into any aggression by Hizbullah. No more "it's a splinter group" excuses.
Posted by tipover 2008-08-05 12:54||   2008-08-05 12:54|| Front Page Top

#3 "The government decision specifically approves Hizbullah activities aimed at Israel."


To your point, tipover, how can this NOT be viewed as an explicit declaration of war by Lebanon against Israel?

If I was Israel I would immediatel bombard the Lebanese with just that point. Via leaflets, papers, broadcast, internet whatever put the question to the Lebanese people.....

"Your government has just declared war on Israel?Do you support this declaration of war?

Don't complain when you are targets when Hez launches its next attack. You are explicitly on their side."
Posted by AlanC 2008-08-05 13:45||   2008-08-05 13:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Okay, they've made their bed. The next time Israel has to put down an attack on their northern border, everything and everyone in Lebanon is a legitimate target. I'd start by napalming the entire Litani northern border and the Bekaa valley, just to catch the rockets in their storage bunkers and set them off. Congratulations, Lebanese dipsh$$s, you just signed your death warrant as a nation.
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