Hizballa's generosity towards the civilians who lost their homes is a smart move. It is money well spent by Iran who made a bundle when oil prices jumped as a result of the Hizballa-Israel war.
$12,000 is a good sum of money in Lebanon, families can easily survive for 12 months until their houses are rebuilt by Hizballa's various organizations.
The Iranian proxy in Lebanon will not lose any popularity in its areas of Southern Lebanon and Beirut's Southern suburbs, at least not among the people whose only loss was personal property. But how will Hizballa compensate those who lost loved ones in the fruitless war it initiated? And how will Hizballa compensate the rest of Lebanon for the billions of dollars lost due to a ruined tourist season and the damage to the country's infrastructure? There, Hizballa will not win any contests. And those who stood by Hizballa (e.g. General Michel Aoun) are in an indefensible position. They are no less guilty than Nasrallah!
May the Lebanese vote wisely in the next elections.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
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Your objectivity is striking.
Your ignorance is amazing.
The problem wiht some diaspora who left early in the civil war, is that their brains are like fossiles from that era. They still think fondly abotu bachir and geagea, and still hate. You are just like them fossilized.
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