>>>>There is a difference between free democratic allied countries selling arms to one another for defense
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>>>You're calling the complete shutdown of a country by another, defence?
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>>How did Hezbollah acquire those weapons?
>>How did they transport them to the south?
>>Why weren't they disarmed for 6 years?
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>>The government of Lebanon is complacent in the attacks on Israel due to their negligence. Hezbollah is part of the government. Hezbollah committed an act of war.
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>Can you blame a country for what a sub-national group does? Yes, I blame Hezobollah for starting this war, but so far I can't blame Lebanon. Lebanon is still trying to unite itself after a civil war and occupation by both Israel and Syria.
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Hezbollah has representation in the government. I don't find it that big of a leap to determine that their influence in policy is directly related to their arms gain and the refusal to of Lebanon to disarm them. I don't blame the country as a whole, but I do blame Hezbollah and their supporters.

>> Frankly I'm surprised Israel hasn't gone much further.
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>I'm surprised that Israel reacted at all.
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>Here is a theory I've heard. Hezbollah is feared and despised by Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt and they are silently letting Israel finish them off. Three reasons. They are an unpredictable element in the region. They are shia group in a Sunni region. They are financed by Iran (persian) trying to stir up trouble between jews and arabs.

We completely agree. I'd even take it a bit further. Iran is using their proxies in Syria, Hammas and Hezbollah to extend their influence. Combine this with Iran's actions in Iraq and their pursuit of nuclear weapons and we're looking at the New Persian Empire.