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Originally Posted by chafic  Impose it on who exactly? I think ideas in the absolute can sound attractive: cards in hand, impose,...; Practically, how could that translate in a realistic scenario to anything in favor of Lebanon? (Assuming that this is the real purpose behind Hezbollah's military organization which I strongly doubt)
I think the issue here is the pros and cons of one choice over the other.. |
Impose it on the Israeli side of course. I mean is it so hard to imagine, that Lebanon can also have its conditions for peace? Cards in hands and imposing are not just beautiful slogans, they are crucial for you as a Lebanese in order to be at the negotiation table and not on the negotiation table.
Israel (supposedly) wants to secure its northern border, Lebanon wants a solution for the Palestinian refugees apart from naturalisation, now you let your imagination flow.
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Originally Posted by chafic No, we're much behind because most of the Lebanese (parties and people) do not want that peace; It's even viewed as a form of treason.. |
Well the normal people wants peace badly, most of the politicians and warlords don't want peace with nobody since using the pretext of having a monster ennemy south of the border allowed them before to oppress, kill and steal, and now having a "new" ennemy north and east of the border is allowing them again to oppress, kill and steal.
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Originally Posted by chafic  It's not about liking Hezbollah here (what is "liking" a political party\militia anyway?); I don't think that there are by any means any balance of power between Israel and Lebanon (or Hezbollah), they're not even close in military strength, and thus talking about a balance of power is totally delusional. It's just that Israelis realize that the guerrilla warfare methods of Hezbollah would inflict losses on Israeli forces in a conventional war invasion, and that small fighting groups would be hardly controllable, or defeated. |
Well if you don't apreciate the word liking in politics then you can use the word supporting instead.
The balance of power created by Hizballa is exactly what you describe in your post about the guerilla warfare methods with some higher capabilities of Haifa and my ba3da Haifa!
Was it efficient or not? well go ask the people of the south who are directly under Israel's threat and see if they tell you they feel safer with Hizballa or not.