Sam. You need to get off your high horse
I kinda feel sorry for you
Out of curiousity- Have you ever been to Lebanon?
And exactly where do you get your information from?
"Suleiman is infact a Christian, who is well supported by the majority of Lebanese Christians. They have done nothing to change the status of Lebanese Christians, and infact have made it very clear that they do not want to make Lebanon an Islamic state."
I agree with your above statement BUT
SO WHAT if Suleiman is a Christian? He is a puppet and Syria pulls the strings!!
Maybe I should educate you- There is a delicate balancing act going on in Parliament
The President is a Christian, the Prime Minister is a Sunni Muslim and the Speaker of Parliament a Shiite Muslim
Regardless of WHO it is...this is the way it has been for a while
"If it wasn't for Syria, Lebanon could quite well still be under civil war. You do know that if anything, Syria is a neutal factor in Lebanon."
HAHAHAHA
A neutral factor- Now that is the craziest thing I have heard in a while!!
So you are actually saying that Syria 'saved' Lebanon? What absolute rubbish!
Note: They still have countless spies all over Lebanon
ALSO- they are helping supply Hezbollah with arms to fight Israel- getting others to do the dirty work...how classy
"...for some unexplainable reason think it's in the interest of Lebanon to support a country on the other side of the world, rather than Lebanon's own neighbour, Syria."
What on earth are you going on about?
Just because I am bagging out Syria it doesn't mean I support Israel.
I don't support Israel OR Syria.
I am supporting Lebanon. Period.
Some neighbour Syria has been...as if that is an excuse to support them!
About the victory- If you're talking about the exchange of prisoners (Hezbollah gave Israel dead prisoners whilst Israel some alive and some dead...)
Sure that was a victory
The so called 'victory' I was talking about was that stupid riot that they went on where they smashed cars etc...
I don't care if Hezbollah have Christian supporters (due to a certain traitor of a Minister) - it doesn't mean that an Islamic State isn't on their agenda... open your eyes and ears! They have spelt it out!!
"... defending their sovereignty. ... they've achieved, is the potential for Lebanon to defend itself. And that is with Hezbollah alone. If you combine Hezbollah with Lebanon's standing army, Lebanon can protect itself from occupation, and also can protect it's interests. For a small country, that is quite the achievement..."
2006 War:
Israel made it clear that they were specifically attacking Hezbollah and not the rest of Lebanon
Hezbollah is situated SOUTH of Lebanon- predominantly an Islamic region
You speak as if Hezbollah's interests are with the Lebanese
"Defending their sovereignty" - Please...Give me a break!
Lebanon has its own army- which is weakened by the mere existence of Hezbollah among other things
"You're right. Many times people like you make fantastic claims of Lebanon being the Paris of the middle east. Well the funny thing is France has one of the world's best defence systems, something crucial to any countries security."
So what?
You aren't even making a point- All I said was that Lebanon is a beautiful country
I think you just love to go on about nothing...
I quote you: "really irrelevant to this topic"
"Okay, this just confirms everything I thought about you based on your ludicrous assumptions. You don't know enough. Very often poor people in our rich society, will reject authority figures, mainly due to the large class difference between them and authority figures. Many times they're patronised by these authority figures, and learn to accept the inherent discrimination in the middle-classed mass of authority figures. I'm not talking about "racial" discrimination, not that there isn't enough of that. But mainly, "class" discrimination."
I thank you with much sarcasm for 'educating' me about class discrimination
Not that you have said anything particularly 'wrong' but your pompous and arrogant attitude is really shining through!
Maybe another time I will address the rest of your irrelevant comments ---they do get quite monotonous and I have better to things to do right now