Comments on My Lebanon is being burned to ashes: Monday Blues: The problem is us

Anonymous:The issue of Hizballah's war this past s...

2006-11-15T19:32:00.000+02:00

Anonymous:
The issue of Hizballah's war this past summer has nothing to do with the government's neglect of the South!

To claim so is a complete distortion of the facts and arguments underlying the current political situation in the South.

In the past the Lebanese government has not shouldered its responsibilities not just to the South, but to all rural areas of the country - Akkar, Bekaa, the South - and this neglect allowed fundamentalist elements like Hizballah to flourish amid an otherwise religiously restraint populace.

Over time, this neglect became integral to Hizballah and Amal's retention of power, and instead of working through the government to amend the situation they encouraged it to continue and worked through institutions outside of government instead of through government itself.

These two groups had the power to fix the problem of a lack of state in the South over 15 years but chose not to. They exploited the situation.

I find it utterly disgusting that Hizballah continues to claim that it is working in the interests of the people of South when it can so easily barter their lives in exchange for what? Two prisoners? No, in exchange for the interests of two autocratic and oppressive regimes.

Good for you anonymous. Hizballah needs more donkeys like you to peddle its distorted message.

Yes I understand that at one point Hezbollah took ...

2006-11-15T16:20:00.000+02:00

Yes I understand that at one point Hezbollah took things into their hands because the government wasn't doing anything. But when the government decides to take care of things again, Hezbollah refuses??? It is a state inside a state (or something trying to become a state). Sheikh Nasrallah should learn when to let go.

You're right on one point. Lebanon is governed as ...

2006-11-13T11:58:00.000+02:00

You're right on one point. Lebanon is governed as the people deserve. However, you make an illogical jump when you ask to be consulted when one part of the country goes to war. It is exactly the lack of governement you mention that forces people and communities to defend themselves. That is why so many individual Lebanese have a gun at home. That is why there is a need in South Lebanon for Hezballah. Hezballah is like the Mafia in NY, a replacement for a government. When people say it is a state within a state, my first quesiton is: What state?