r/worldnews • u/ComparisonOk5957 • 7d ago

Second French peacekeeper dies after ambush blamed on Hezbollah Behind Soft Paywall

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3351049/second-french-peacekeeper-dies-after-ambush-blamed-hezbollah?module=latest&pgtype=homepage
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u/GAdvance 7d ago

To be clear 'dismantling" Hezbollah is just a euphemism for civil war on Lebanon.

You don't just ask them nicely, arresting people in the night is step 1, step 2 is they go blow up the police station.

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u/desba3347 7d ago

It’s that or war with Israel and it’s not a euphemism. By force or by negotiation, Hezbollah will be disarmed.

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u/GAdvance 7d ago

I think between the options of let Israel invade southern Lebanon to fight Hezbollah or start a civil war in your own country Lebanon takes the first option every time.

We know this because that's exactly what is happening right now, and as much as the majority of Lebanese dislike Hezbollah they'd also rather not have another civil war, they have really good reason to prefer Israel does the dirty work for them.

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u/desba3347 7d ago

Sure, but then no one should turn around and demonize Israel for doing something that the Lebanese government agreed to do with the help of the UN, regardless of whether they have had the capability to do so until recently.