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Supporters of the Salafist Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir take part in a rally showing solidarity with the Syrian people in Beirut, Lebanon, on Feb. 8.
Syria warned it may strike at rebels hiding in neighboring Lebanon if the Lebanese army does not act, the state news agency SANA said on Friday, the second anniversary of the civil war.
Syria's Foreign Ministry told its Lebanese counterpart late on Thursday that a "large number" of militants had crossed Lebanon's northern border into the Syrian town of Tel Kalakh over the past two days, SANA said.
"Syria expects the Lebanese side to prevent these armed terrorist groups from using the borders as a crossing point, because they target Syrian people and are violating Syrian sovereignty," the diplomatic cable said.
It said Syria's "patience is not unlimited," even though "Syrian forces have so far exercised restraint from striking at armed gangs inside Lebanese territory."
Fighting near the border resulted in a large number of casualties, SANA said, before the gunmen retreated into Lebanon.
Lebanon has a policy of "dissociation" from the two-year civil war in Syria but officials say they feel their country is increasingly at risk of being dragged into a conflict that the United Nations says has killed 70,000 Syrians.
Threat to Lebanon's existence
U.N. refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres said on Friday that the Syrian conflict threatens Lebanon's existence.
"The international community should recognize that the Syrian crisis represents an existential threat to Lebanon and should show Lebanon ... much stronger support than has happened until now," he told reporters in Beirut.
Lebanon, a nation of 4 million, fought its own devastating civil war from 1975 to 1990 and has sectarian tensions among Christians and Sunni and Shiite Muslims that have been heightened by the fighting in Syria.
Tensions between Lebanese groups that support the Syrian opposition and those that support Syrian President Bashar Assad have been intensifying and have sometimes turned violent.
The International Committee of the Red Cross appealed to foreign powers Friday to press combatants in Syria to halt attacks on civilians and aid workers, saying all sides were violating the Geneva Conventions.
"Many atrocities against civilians have been reported or witnessed over the past two years, and we have also seen indiscriminate attacks against civilians and the targeting of health-care personnel and aid workers," said Robert Mardini, head of ICRC operations for the Near and Middle East.
Meanwhile, European Union governments rejected a Franco-British push on Friday to lift an EU arms embargo to allow weapons supplies to Syrian rebels, voicing fears this could spark an arms race and worsen regional instability.
France and Britain found little support for their proposal to ease the embargo at an EU summit in Brussels, EU diplomats said, although they asked the bloc's foreign ministers to look again at the issue next week.
"Nobody really is interested (in lifting the embargo)," an EU diplomat said. "There is no prospect of change any time soon."
EU governments want to support the rebels, but many expressed fears on Friday that allowing weapons to flow to them could lead to arms falling into the wrong hands -- especially Islamist militants in the rebel ranks -- and lead Assad's backers to step up arms deliveries to his government.
European Council President Herman van Rompuy said leaders had asked their foreign ministers to look at the issue "as a matter of priority" at a March 22-23 meeting in Dublin.
Reuters
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The lebanses "government" is mostly based by the saudis and qataris and the government is ALWAYS trying to take a western stance but the people won't let it.
Al lot of Christian Lebanese are now ALIGNED with Hezbollah because they understand that Hezbollah PROTECTED Lebanon from israel in 2006.
Without Hezbollah, Lebanon woiuld be occupied by the israeli offensive army. That is a certainty. israel ALWAYS violates Lebanese skies (as late as yesterday) and pretends that Lebanon is their training ground.
Hezbollah is an honorable group that only attacks israeli sopldiers and committed to the defense of Lebanon. The united states department of state accuses Hezbollah of being a "terrorist" organization but that's because the u.s administratioon is controlled by zionists who tip the scales of the truth their way.
The Lebanese government is basically a powerless entity that is being manipulated by western powers into getting rid of Heszbollah but they can't. Hezbollah si much more powerful than the Lebanese army and in fact is as powerful if not more than the israeli army who were turned back in 2006 vafter losing a navy detroyer and a couple of tanks to Hezbollah rockets.
Don't believe what the american government is trying to convince you. Hezbollah are not terrorists. Its israel that behaves that way in Lebanon.
I'm sure now that some stupid israeli jew will get on here to attack me, Hezbollah, and all Arabs as terrorists. This is how they attempt to "feel" public opinion. Everytime someone says seomthing negative about israel, they all appear to attack the messenger.
C'mon zion , show your jewish teeth.
Post some thing sensible.
One thing is for sure!
Hezbollah and Shiites are cowards!
Though Iraq is Shiites majority it is Sunnis, who are calling the shots.
Are Shiites hiding in some Shiite mosques?
Why are they not helping Shiite ruler Assad?
Next time on their holy days, it is better that Shiites hang themselves after chaining and slashing!
Israel is not Jewish by faith, Israel is a corrupted Government, just like ours. Most Jews I know would rather let the Palestinians live in peace. Israel is a terrorist nation, but because they control a lot of things over here, we would never know. USS Liberty and Cole, for example, were proven to have been hit by Israel, yet there is no public outcry over it... Israel has done to the Palestinians what the colonists did to the natives. Only about 2% of all the muslim/christian/jewish population are cracy like the news says, most actually just want to live their lives and peace and leave everyone else alone. Problem is the 2% keeps picking fights.
You are right about Hezbollah doing more to protect Lebanon than the weak Lebanese government. The Western press only shows the military wing of Hezbollah, but never the schools, hospitals and other social programs they run (since the Lebanese government is unable to). I certainly don't think Hezbollah is always right with regard to the conflict with Israel, but they are more effective at governing Lebanon than the elected government.
That's why Hezbollah gets so much popular support.
@TI: I am so glad someone else sees the other side of things here...
You live in a very different fantasy world completely devoid of reality. Hezbolah is puppet of the Iranian and Syrian regimes and is the very definition of terrorist. You people responding so far condemn Israel but seem to forget 246 American marines murdered in a brazen terror attack by these cowardly thugs. Hezbollah does not defend Lebanon, their very presence CAUSES Israel to respond with force to protect its citizens. The fact that they (and their Hamas partners in Islamic terror) sponsor schools and welfare agencies is utterly irrelevant - the Germans did the same under AHitler's utterly evil genocidal regime. Those KKK hats are seriously clouding your vision.
Where do you get this garbage you are spewing. You do not have a clue what you are talking about and your prejudice comes through loud and clear in your postings. Israel did not attack Lebanon/Hezbollah without provocation, they responded to an attack on Israel by these terrorists. The only reason that Hezbollah still exists is that the Israelis have no interest in going into Lebanon to try and wipe them out. All the Israelis are interested in is keeping them on their side of the border and stopping them from firing rockets into Israel. The indiscriminate rocket attacks by Hezbollah on Israel were not targeted solely at military facilities or troops, they killed more civilians they they did military during the attacks. Hezbollah and the other terrorist groups like it are a bunch of cowards who hide among innocent women and children for protection. Then when Israel takes out one of their rocket launchers that is sitting on a hospital roof or in a schoolyard they blame the Israelis for the civilian casualties. As for comments that the Israelis were behind the attacks on the Cole all I can say is you must be smoking some really good stuff. That Islamist terrorists responsible for this attack were long ago tracked down and dealt with, the Israelis had nothing to do with it. I simply can not believe that there are people as completely ignorant of the facts as Conrad and Ssimmons. They must be either Islamists themselves or they are doing some great drugs and buying the Islamist propaganda. About the only thing either one of them has right about the situation is the Hezbollah does have more control in Lebanon than the government does. SSimmons is also correct that the Islamist terrorists represent a small portion of Muslims. The problem is that the remaining Muslims fail miserably when they do not speak up and denounce what these terrorists are doing in the name of their religion. Until they start speaking out against this lunatic fringe they are complicit in the actions of these terrorists.
Carl - I did not condemn Israel. Lebanon has been used by Syria (with Iranian support) and Israel as a battleground for a long time and the Lebanese government does little to effectively manage the country. Have you ever been to Lebanon, Syria or Israel?
Unsubstantiated drivel.
that's a pretty bold statement since they cant even defend themselves at home !
@Steven B
Check the navy history of the USS Liberty. Then come back here and spout your drivel. Over 65 US navy personnel lost their lives because Israel jets shot up the destroyer, which at the time, was in international waters.
And never a "so sorry" or anything. I don't know about the Cole, you maybe correct on that. But the USS Liberty got attacked by Israeli jets. Now, care to research and then reply, or just be a low informed person?
LOL.....you have to be kidding me.
Syria (having TERRORISTS) threatens another country for harboring TERRORISTS.
Sounds a lot like Pakistan.
The Middle East and North Africa are rapidly approaching the Stone Age AGAIN.
It's called a 'friendly fire incident'. The ship was in a war zone and appeared to be Egyptian.
Now, ever heard of Lt. General Lesley James McNair?
Or the USS Stark?
Or the USS Vincennes?
Or the USS Samuel B. Roberts?
People like you have an anti-Israel agenda.
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Phuckem....let them eat sand.
My, you are misinformed:
The Israeli attack on the USS Liberty was a grievous error, largely attributable to the fact that it occurred in the midst of the confusion of a full-scale war in 1967. Ten official United States investigations and three official Israeli inquiries have all conclusively established the attack was a tragic mistake.
The report also included a copy of a flash cable sent immediately after the attack, which reported that Israel had “erroneously” attacked the Liberty, that IDF helicopters were in rescue operations, and that Israel had sent “abject apologies” and requested information on any other U.S. ships near the war zone.
Steven B... you believe everything the government tells you? How in the heck do they confuse us with Egypt... think about that...
conrad - Lebanon used to be beautiful and Beirut was a place to go for shopping, restaurants and night life, until arafat and your palestinian invaders ruined it in 1970s. Hezbollah is a terrorist proxy of Iranian mullahs and has been holding Lebanon hostage for over two decades. The Lebanese cannot form a government without the Iranian hezbollh threatening them, because the government include christians, moderate muslims and politicians with the Lebanese interest in mind. Iranian theocrats and their terrorist Hezbollah just want to open another front against Israel - that is all - without any concern for the peaceful lebenese people who lived in peace before arafat and Iran began to interfere with their lives.
You can get all this information anywhere outside the nazi camps.
That whole region (aka The Levant) is run by violent, terrorist gangs of thugs: Israel (brutal ethnic cleansing against Palestinians), Hezbollah (revenge-obsessed militants), Hamas (Islamic gangsters), Shiite-Alawites (murderous Arabic mafiosi), al-Qaida (cowardly rats destroying their own people)... ever since the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1919 and the occupation of the Brits and French, the whole Middle East has been a snake pit run by despotic dictators, corrupt monarchs, fanatical caliphs and foreign colonialists. To quote Taylor in "Planet of the Apes" - It's a madhouse... a MADHOUSE!!
How did the Vincennes, with much more sophisticated sensors and intelligence, mistake an Iranian passenger jet for an F-14 and shoot it down?
How did those bombers flying over Normandy eff up and drop bombs over and kill their own people, including a three star general?
I think it's called "the fog of war" and Israel was in the middle of a sh!t-storm, fighting Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq combined with forces from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Algeria.
Israeli forces were an angry hornet's nest fighting for existence.
It was an awful fight and the USN got accidentally punched.
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Think about it: Why would Israel deliberately attack the US??
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Examine the history of Islamic cult.
In Lebanon, against Christians, all Muslim sects like Shiites (Hezbollah & co) and tribes joined hands in genocide.
Hezbollah has been Assads' puppet and is a Muslim terrorist organization. Period!
In Turkey, Pakistan and other places, the realities are same against non-Muslims.
Now it is good that impure/infidel Shiites are getting jihad from Sunni Islamists.
Shiites should enjoy what they are getting!
Israel really has no business grilling the U.S. about whatever they want to do with Iran because the U.S. has no business getting involved in Israel's squabbles! Israel is more than capable of doing something on their own! If Iran wants to directly confront the U.S. that is another matter. Then we will most likely clean Iran's clock if needed, but only if Iran makes the first move. If Israel insists on unilateral action, let them. We just need to make it clear to the world that we had no part in it. Israel has seldom been known to listen to the international community anyway once they make up their minds to do something. If Israel wants and asks for our our help in attacking Iran, it should receive a resounding not only "no" but "Hell no"! Enough American blood has already been shed in that part of the world. I am neither pro Israel nor pro Iran. I am however staunchly pro America!
"Supporters of the Salafist Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir take part in a rally showing solidarity with the Syrian people in Beirut, Lebanon,"
Sunni Syrian rebels are supported by Saudi versions (Wahhabi and Salaffi) of Sunni Islamic extremists like al Qaida, MB, Salaffi and other label ones.
These Sunni Islamists are so intolerant that they can't tolerate a Muslim ruler of different sect.
Here Hezbollah has let down Assad.
Shiites of Hezbollah should attack Sunnis in Lebanon and wherever they can.
Even Assad should not tolerate Sunni Islamists of other nations meddling in Syria.
Assad and his team should attack Sunni Islamists of Lebanon too without mercy.
@Jonathan - You have got to be kidding - either that or you are one of the terrorists. I say this because your post is promoting genocide and the killing of people based solely on their religious beliefs. This is unconscionable. The Sunni Islamists you talk about are a very small percentage of the Sunni population. While I agree with going after the terrorists, I think you are off your rocker saying "Hezbollah should attack Sunnis in Lebanon and wherever they can." There are many Sunnis in Lebanon who simply want to live in peace and do not support what these terrorists are doing in the name of their religion. The only thing I will fault them for is not speaking out against these terrorists and what they are doing.
JS in SD: If you know the history and what these followers of Islamic cult have been doing in many Muslim majority and non-Muslim majority nations, you won't be making this post.
Of course, many in the US, who are dictated by oil rich Sunni rulers, oil companies, Christian right, Jewish extremist lobbys, consider Sunni Islamists as good or far less in numbers!
Bush, Hillary, McCains, Liebermanns, Netanyahus and his US supporters and are some examples.
Followers of Islamic cult and want to live in "peace" are oxymoron!
Just examine the history of Lebanon itself.
If Shiites and Sunnis kill each other, it will be good for world peace, non-Muslims and economic stability.
Just see the oil price manipulations with Iraqi wars and the biggest joke known as WMDs of Iran!
Some know only jump, dance, scream and go to wars as directed oil rich Sunni rulers and co!
They will never see realities and do sane actions!
There is no difference between Shiite and Sunni Islamists, other than one venerates Mohammad's grandson and the other doesn't. Both hate each other, Israel, the U.S.A. and the (non-Islamic) West in general and both look to wipe Israel off the map!
Why should the civilized world support one radical Islamist side against another radical Islamist side?????
Cockaroaches are cockaroaches, Jonathan!
davefromorange: You are 200 percent right.
While Shiites and Sunnis are fighting their Allah's wars, we have no roles.
I cheer Shiites as they hardly form 20 percent and I want the battle to be even a bit.
Cheering means take pop corn and give ideas on how kill Sunnis more!
Who ever wins in Syria will not be a friend to the United States and what ever is left of the country will need a lot of time to recover. If Europe wants to arm the mob, that is their business. We have no skin in the game.
What we do have is a war going on in Mexico. And, we do have some skin in that game. It is in our national interest for Mexico to have a stable country. How can we turn a blind eye to 60,000 Mexicans murdered and countless others wounded and many more tortured. This is where we belong. We need to help Mexico.
If Mexico wanted our help they would ask for it. The last thing we need is a neighboring country who's population sees us as invaders. We already have an open border & those who wish to invade our country already do so at will. The drug & people smuggling gangs are bad enough without creating a situation where more armed invaders feel the need to wage war on us for violating their sovereignty.
The border is not "open" but it is also not "closed" so I see your point. However, we are helping Mexico with intelligence sharing, drones, etc. We have boots on the ground but they are DEA/FBI not paramilitary units. It would be good if we could help snuff them out but the bigger issue is our addiction to their drugs. I am waiting to see if the "legalization" of marijuana actually invites MORE organized criminal activity because legal pot growers will crowd out illegal drug runners. Somehow, I don't think they'll say "okay, we will sell somewhere else."
If Assad is overthrown, it will be another Libya.
Under Sunni Islamists life will be miserable for females, Shiites, Kurds, sane Muslims, Christians and other minorities.
Who can put up with their Sharia Laws in 21 century?
One of my good friends is a female and was born and lives in Lebanon, its no where near what this corrupted news site is telling you. Dont believe everything you read, and actually do some investigation on both sides and please make some more educated statements please.
Ssimmons, don't be naive. Lebanon can fall to one of the islamist freak shows as quickly as Egypt did. The fact that Lebanon today tends towards a secular and tolerant culture (based on hundreds of years of rich history) does not mean that the goons with the guns can't change that tomorrow at sunrise. You do YOUR homework before making statements.
Lebanon went from being "The Paris of the Mediterranean" in the 1960's to persecuting Christians by the 1980's. Crack a history book. Get some facts. Then comment. Oh, and Google "Hezbollah" while you're at it.
Totally agree with you.
I wish we could bomb the hell out of the Mexican Cartels...or maybe imposing international fines on Mexico for not doing enough to put down the Cartels. Fine them for every illegal that enters our country also...or bill them for what it costs our cities towns and hospitals for taking care of them.
The cartels will stop at nothing to get the drugs here. I saw a special last night and they are now surgically stuffing live dogs with bags of drugs.
DESPICABLE un-HUMAN BEINGS!
Maybe the US government should kidnap the cartels kids and hold them for ransom (off US soil of course) against the drug cartels - to make them stop the smuggling of drugs into the US!
They're not the best parents anyway!
@moderation, you believe everything the government tells you? How about talking to the people who ACTUALLY LIVE THERE... thats likeme asking someone in Alaska, what its like to live in Paris...
ssimmons - I have been there, I still have friends there, I am in touch with most of them, you are totally out of touch with reality. The Lebanese in general and christians in particular, wish that Iran and terrorist proxy hezbollah would leave them alone and get the heck out of their country. hezbollah has crippled the Lebanon's functioning government for the past 20 years.
The crime will end with drug running the same way the 21St Amendment brought organized criminal bootleggers down.
You can't legislate morality.
But, you can tax it.
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Ssimmons117: Lebanon was highly prosperous and very secular when Muslims were less than 40 percent.
Once they crossed the limit, Muslims of all brands joined and started religious war with Christians.
There were massive genocides of Christians and many were driven out.
Now the same Lebanon is Muslim majority and another basket case Muslim nation.
As there is no oil, many look the other way when it comes to even Christians!
Many go by: what you see/hear is what you get.
In some cases, realities are exactly opposite of what one is shown around!
This conflict has become less a civil war than a religious war. Each sect is doing their best to be the only power in the region. Soon the whole region will be involved in war. Since it is being waged by terrorists on every side when a winner emerges the killing will be exported world wide. This is already being seen where ever Islam's followers have enough population to pose a threat. The EU made a wise decision not to lift the arms embargo. If there is one thing that is not needed in the area it is more weapons. Whatever weapons are left when a winner emerges will be used on whomever the victor decides to try to dominate next. The USA & the rest of the west will do well to stay out of this war. Whoever wins will be our enemy so it is best to let them use up their weapons on each other before the winner turns on us.
good call, Wallace.
Sick to death of wars being fought in the name of god. Assad is an evil man and I hope he disappears soon. The women and children are the ones suffering over there. Pitiful and very, very sad and very unecessary.
What about the Christians your Islamic terrorist are beheading and the churches they destroy ? Assad is protecting them !
Diver you may want to watch video linked below. It shows how you may be so wrong regarding Assad. Just like in Libya it is the Rebels who are doing most of the civilian killins. Don't always believe what the US and MSM feeds you, I kind of used to myself until talking to some folks from Syria
The Big Lie & Dirty War on Syria: the Foreign Subversive Army Massacres its Human
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6YAOJ35yMk
youtube.com/watch?v=_6YAOJ35yMk
I posted the link and then the address without www attached in case NBC deletes the link
Bill H-1430012
Good to read something sensible.
If America & the UN can give Israel the right to bomb anyone at anytime, then Syria for certain has the right to attack terrorist that are aiding Islamic terrrorist ! Lebanon and parts of Turkey belong to Syria anyway ! Hopefully one day Syria will destroy the regime in (saudi) Arabia . For some reason the USA is a big pussy for not attacking the saudi terrorist that helped with the 9-11 hijackings !
Hesb'Allah is the terrorist group working from Lebanon to help the Assad regime.
If Hesb'Allah tries to insert itself into the Syrian Civil War, rest assured that there will be some who will not sit idly by.
And israel and saudi arabia are not terrorist ? Get real !
Against who? Lebanon has the most diverse culture of any country in the Middle East. Nothing more than an attempt to "change the channel", broaden the scope of violence, open another front to try to draw military action away from his own throat. Plus, the Israeli Army will tolerate ZERO Syrian military action in Lebanon, especially if it looks like Syria explicitly operating in conjunction with Hezbollah. Good way for Syria to draw the Israelis in, and to try to draw the Russians in. Also a good way for Syria to lose what it has left of its air force and air defenses.
And, Wallace, to respond to your comment above, 99% of the violence that emerged from the Arab Spring is religious in nature. Islamist fundamentalists taking advantage to try to replace the existing goons with their goons.
As always one reaps what they sow.
The Lebanese government is week, which was the way Syria wanted it. Syria and Iran funded Hezbollah to keep pressure on Israel form the North (and the funded Palestinians to the South). If not to control Lebanon by proxy. Lebanon is already split along sectarian lines and now since Syria kept Hezbollah stronger then the Lebanese army if Hezbollah does not choose to be Assad's muscle within Lebanon there will not be much the Lebanese Army can do. It would be funny if it were not so sad. Many, many more will die even before the battle lines are fully drawn.
As for the EU, good call, no need for European money to pay for arms for one side in a civil war, the whole Arab world will donate funds and weapons to one side or the other to keep the flames burning.
yup, how ironic is their complaining of Lebanon messing in their affairs?
Just like a large business will do if their trust in their product is lost (EX:Tylenol) They must regain the confidence of the people that the Catholic Religion will change for the good of man & woman.
That all Priest who has disgraced the Religion will be removed and excommunication from the Catholic Religion. and that Nuns should be given a chance to fill their place.
When that days comes I will start practicing my Catholic Religion again.
Why can't leaders that don't to want to get along with other nations and their own people get away with imposing the cost of their attitude and behavior on the world? Have you seen the persons terrorized in their homes by the Syrian Government forces loyal to Assad -if that is what those internet pictures are? The Syrian people have suffered for far too long. Why can't some brilliant powerful nonviolent persons work work with each other -even if it is not in their job description- to help transition to democratic Syrian leader that respects the Syrian people & Lebanon & has vision for the what region could get done working to strengthen Syria cooperative & trade agreements with other nations to help the world economy have less country risk, to solve diseases, instability, dearth of education, poverty in the world? Why are people thinking either or when there are other options that could get done with diplomacy, coordinated effort among international intel, other quasi miliary organizations-instead of killing each other- for example where no one gets shot killed or injured- just relocated without harm with their family- and leaders that cause more trouble than they ought are replaced? Why can't there be peaceful transition to other leader with love of humanity, passionate will to implement help & the rare intellect with social ability, emotional health, strength, fear of the Lord, to get it done and keep getting it done so this planet does not fall into WWIII & nuke itself?!
Just let the Muslims fight it out. If you feel sorry for one side or another, well go over there and help them, nobody stopping you except yourself. And most of the YELLOW ELEPHANTS are that way. They want someone else to fight for them as they don't have the balls to do so themselves.
So Hezbollah in Lebanon isn't going after the "rebels". Could someone explain that to me?
If the Hez are going to go after the Rebels, then guess who gets an open option to attack the Hez?
Isreal and the U.S.
So they are basically cowards or something?
Syria really no longer has the military strength nor the logistics to conduct a military action in Lebanon while trying to defend Assad in Damascus. This may get interesting.
Syriaously? Are they syriaous?
Good, let Syria strike.
Israel and American fighter pilots need some practice for future engagements with North Korea.
we need more war crimes and baby killers ! Stay out ! None of your business ! fix Chicago and the USA first !
Assad's forces can't defeat the rebel uprising in his own country, so what makes him think they can handle another front to the war?
Syria has always considered Lebanon as part of the "Greater Syria". If any of you remember, a few years back and after several assassinations of the Lebanese christian leaders, the Syrian army was forced to leave Lebanon. In fact, hezbollah with Iran funding is holding the fort for the Syrians but Assad will be quite foolish to attack Lebanon directly or through terrorist hezbollah forces. That would be the end of hezbollah. They need to get the heck out of Lebanon and let the Lebanese re-build their beautiful country.
Ah ahahahahahahahahhaah! Catch me if you can! Syria = failure as a country, as a military and as a place that anyone cares about.
Since the terror group Hezbollah is an actual part of the government of Lebanon and is a supporter of the Assad regime in Syria, Lebanon already is involved in the Syrian civil war. Lebanon's military may well take steps to prevent Sunni Islamists from using Lebanon to attack targets inside Syria but no doubt will take no action what so ever in preventing Hezbollah from bringing in Iranian conventional and even chemical weapons into Lebanon from Syria.---------Another fine day in the Middle East!!!
I'm sorry, but StevenB is right. You gotta discuss things realistically before you accuse Israel of targetting US warships.
Now let me tell you a little bit of my position. As I've been saying the same stuff over and over for 10 years, and everyone would just having a freakout.
Iraq war....is lost. We pulled out all our troops. WAIT! Before the typical (We armed Maliki with weapons to the teeth argument), I tell you that is all a sideshow. The brutal truth is Maliki is an agent of Iran and Syria to a lesser extent. And ask the ordinary person in Iraq, they are not too happy with this guy.
Why have discrimination in Iraq against Sunnis? Last I checked, this was an Arab country.
God bless the USA. The comments posted on this comment board prove that America is the only hope for the free world.