I know, I know, you all hated those questions on the SAT, but bear with me; unlike the SATs, this actually has meaning.
To solve the riddle, let's look closely at Lebanon. Lebanon has a weak central government, one that is unable to extend it's influence throughout the entire country. As a result, Hezbollah, a very small minority of the Lebanese population, controls the southern border, where Lebanon and Israel meet. Hezbollah has also managed to eke their way into a minority position in the government, meaning that when they act unilaterally, they still manage to implicate the entire Lebanese government.
What that means for the average Lebanese citizen is that the depraved actions of a small minority can put the rest of them in grave danger.
Sounds kinda familiar, doesn't it?
If we pull out of Iraq too soon, we're creating the exact same conditions there as exist in Lebanon right now.
And we see how that's turning out.
Let the troops finish the job, then we'll talk about coming home.
Posted by Rich at July 20, 2006 12:01 AM | TrackBackWhile I agree that Israel's occupation of Lebanon is one of the strongest parallels to our occupation of Iraq, I'm not really sure it bodes well for our future there, or enforces your case that we should stay..
Israel's occupation of Lebanon was a clusterfuck of gargantuan proportions..
Posted by: Chris Wage on July 20, 2006 1:32 AMHezbollah:Lebanon as...
KKK:Alabama (c1950) ?
While they didn't actually control physical territory, and I may have the optimum date wrong, does that sound like an apt analogy?
Posted by: Barry on July 20, 2006 9:51 AM