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they want us to think israel would be oh so nice if we disarm. the "take your pants down and hope they use vaseline logic" ;)

I think it is silly to pretend Israel does not want to control us, does not want our land and that these massacres like Qana did not take place or was retalation or deserved.... I think we need a strong unified Lebanese Army. I understand that our army cannot stand up to Israel as is. But why is that? What if HA and the large southern contingent of our population were to join the LAF? Why shouldn't the LAF have drones and missles...? If we are unified they will respect us. And if we could control the Palestinians and other takfiri from lobbing things over the fence, we would be in a much better position. I am anti zionism, but cannot support a long term military build up of a single sect.

The Soviet communist Zion of Israel is to blame for every think in Middle East after flooding their neighbors streets with unwanted citizens non-Jewish Israeli refugees creating poverty, terrorism and on top of that they have spy networks, nuclear programs, assassins and air space violation.

zahle: could the army absorb tens of thousands, perhaps over a hundred thousand hezbollah fighters? pay them salaries, equip them, build barracks for them? most of them as resistance fighters do not earn salaries, and live their daily lives as normal citizens, working, studying etc.. but if they were to join the army, they would have to quit their jobs and join in full time.
not to mention the reaction of lebanese politicians, if the army more than doubled its size, with members of only one sect. they would start pulling their hairs out about sectarian quotas.

also, if this was done and a traitor in power (for the sake of the debate, let's not name names) decided to let israel take over the south, what will the southerners be able to do? what guarantee do they have? who is to say that political games wont paralyze the government and therefore army if israel invaded?

what you dont understand is that most people in the resistance lived under israeli occupation. while the rest of lebanon lived normally without even noticing the south, they endured oppression, torture, killings, arrests, and all sorts of humiliations. they took decades to build a power to liberate and protect them from that, and believe me, they'd rather die then take any chance of going back to it.

so, unless they are given bullet-proof, water-tight guarantees, dont even dream of HA disarming.

and as long as m14 politicians spend more time giving advice to israel than sitting down with hezbollah to discuss a national defense strategy, it's not going in the right direction.

Proves Israel again, got no respect for international law, and UN blue lines.

yes samy, i'm sure it makes perfect sense for you to get paid in shekels.

I think the animal it is you.

the Qana massacre was a hideous error and Israel recognized this. Now, every day since nearly three years your beloved syrian regime is making massacres using all sort of weapons not to mention lethal chemical weapons against its population. But this does not disturb you at all.

mowaten,

What a great problem to have? A multitude of citizens who want to join the army. Yes I do believe that we can equip those soldiers and build barracks. There is a cost, but it is not cost prohibitive. Besides if there was no more HA arms, than the economy would improve. The current HA militants would have to make a choice between their job and the army absolutely. That is how it is supposed to be. I am not afraid of one sect being predominant in numbers over another because the army would be united under a neutral leadership.

Nobody wants Israel in Lebanon, especially if Syrian agents are out of Lebanon. Let's not pretend that certain sects did not benefit under Syrian occupation, similar to Israeli occupation of the south. The sooner we can agree on these facts, the faster we can unite, heel and move on. I have lots of friends from Rmeish, Ain Ibl and Bint Jebail and even Barachit, Christian and Shiite. And I know Israel did all of these things to my countrymen, but I can tell you that Syria did the same things further north.

So most, not all of us want to live in peace with Jews and Israel, but are against Zionism. But please do not quote us as saying "hate". So please take a few minutes if needed.