by AlicetheCurious » Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:21 am
Greencrow0, could you provide a link for that thread? I must have missed it.<br><br>If we're trading personal POVs, as someone who never believed that Osama bin Laden (aka Tim Osman) and his 'global network of sleeper terrorist cells' was anything other than a good working definition of one branch of CIA's Black Ops department, and who always called the Iraqi version "Mickey Mouse al Zarqawi", who has always viewed the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood with a very cynical and hostile eye, I would happily stake my reputation on an unequivocal statement that Hizbullah is the real thing.<br><br>This is a home-grown Lebanese guerilla movement, of men and women determined to fight to the death to prevent Israel from taking one inch of Lebanese territory. Over the years, I have watched Hassan Nasrallah speak, and been very impressed with his thoughtfulness, his logic, his total lack of hypocrisy, his simple, clear answers to any questions that are put to him, as have people from across the political spectrum, and from all religions.<br><br>You are disadvantaged by seeing him through the distorting lens of US/Israeli propaganda. In their logic, Hizbullah is a "terrorist" organization, because they ferociously and fearlessly fought Israeli occupation soldiers, but Israel is "defending HERself" by occupying the territories of its neighbours, killing tens of thousands of civilians, destroying the life-sustaining infrastructure, stealing their resources, and setting up colonial settlements on their lands.<br><br>I happen to be a christian myself, though I can't stand fanatics of any kind. My interest has led me to watch & listen carefully to the speeches of Hassan Nasrallah. Though the man is undeniably pious, I have detected no hint of the kind of fanaticism/racism that oozes through the speeches AND actions of Neocons and their US/Israeli apologists.<br><br>The true danger presented by Nasrallah and the Hizbullah, is that unlike many of the false-flag "insurgents" and the 'al-CIA-duh', is their ability to inspire other resistance movements across a mostly pacified Middle East. The goals of Hizbullah are very simple: to free Lebanon from foreign domination and to let the Lebanese, Christian, Sunni, Shia and Druze, be the masters in their own house. <br><br>Again contrary to the US/Israeli propaganda, Hizbullah's long track record of fighting for very defined goals (liberation of Lebanon) against a very defined enemy (military forces occupying Lebanese territory), with great courage and efficiency, has inspired respect and admiration across religious and national, even linguistic lines, throughout the region.<br><br>The US/Israel tries to present Hizbullah as a tool in the hands of Iran and Syria. <br><br>The hypocrisy is breathtaking: it is the US & Israel who pull the strings of their various corrupt and obsequious puppets throughout the region. It is the US that props them up by selling or giving them military equipment, not to defend their borders against enemies, but to defend these regimes against their own people.<br><br>As for Hizbullah, they form strategic alliances when these are advantageous to their cause: the liberation of Lebanon. Unlike the 'leaders' of our own countries, who sell us out for fun and profit, both for themselves, and for our most ruthless enemies.<br><br>Much effort has been expended by the US/Israel, through their client regimes, to thoroughly convince the Arab populations that they have three choices: to be traitors in exchange for a luxurious lifestyle, to be slaves, to be dead.<br><br>This message has been hammered into entire populations for so long, it has become self-evident for a large proportion of our populations in many Arab countries (usually referred to as 'moderate', or 'US allies'). <br><br>Hizbullah presents a danger that must be stamped out at all cost, because it presents an honourable fourth option: resistance.<br><br>I think you're right to be cynical and wary, but in this case, you're way off course. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=alicethecurious>AlicetheCurious</A> at: 7/23/06 2:24 am<br></i>
