Lebanese Christians " A Plague On Both Your Houses "

Lebanon ^ | 8 -- 18 -- 06

[Popocatapetl]

"Those who lie down with dogs, get up with fleas."

[rogue yam]

Sounds like some pretty trivial stuff these folks are whining about to me.

[ozzymandus]

I doubt you would think getting your own home blown up was "trivial".

[Red Badger]

"When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled." old African proverb..............

[Blogger]

Who said the home got blown up? Did you read the article?

[Lekker 1]

We are neither with Israel nor with Hizbollah

Wrong. You ARE with Hezbollah. You need to solve that problem first.

[trisham]

But they are also furious with Israel’s devastating response, which killed at least 1,100 people in Lebanon. One hundred and fifty-seven Israelis were killed in the conflict.

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It was disproportionate!

[giobruno]

Oh, so you were going to remain "neutral" while Muslims fired rockets from the house next door at another country. As long as your clan kept their head down, and didn't interfere with an armed terrorist group using your 'hood as a staging ground, you figured it would be cool?

[Prokopton]

"I doubt you would think getting your own home blown up was "trivial".



From the Article:

"No one thought the area would come under attack, and in comparison to nearby Hizbollah strongholds where houses and shops have been completely flattened, it has not."

[Blogger]

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[SJSAMPLE]

Smart "Lebanese Christians" knew that they lost their country over 20 years ago. I know many who got out and are glad they did.

For those that couldn't leave, I'm truly sorry. Ask you moose-lim neighbors why 155mm arty and 500lb Rockeyes are raining down on your heads.

[ozzymandus]

I stand corrected.

[Blogger]

The Hezbullies were intentionally staying in Christian villages, weren't they? Where is the outrage with them?

[Minutemen]

“We are Maronite Christians"

Maybe you better ally yourselves with Israel

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Be careful who you elect into the government next time.

[bnelson44]

Kalil Gibran??

[livius]

One of the problems is that, 20 years ago, when Israel abruptly abandoned Lebanon, it unceremoniously dumped the Christian militias that were fighting for it. There is a lot of resentment about this and I think much of the Christians' inability to trust Israel comes from the fact that they feel they were betrayed once before for the short-term political goals of Israel. This was not a good strategy for Israel. But Israel's retreats are never a good strategy for it, even though at the time they may be politcally expedient.

[SF Republican]

I think it mentioned Hezbollah homes being blown up, not their homes.

[thoughtomator]

“We are Maronite Christians. We are neither with Israel nor with Hizbollah nor with any other party so why did they do this to us?” said Abu Hamad’s wife, breaking into tears.

Because you failed to do the job yourself when you should have.