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To: pinkpanther111

the only thing weaker than Lebanon's government is it's military it seems


4 posted on 12/05/2006 7:38:38 PM PST by SCHROLL
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To: SCHROLL

The military will divide if they take any action against one side. The military like the population is divided into many sects, those sects will never raise their weapon against the people that they support. In lebanon, if you are sunni, 90% of the time you are supporting the future movement led by hariri jr. If you are druze ou support Walid jumblatt and idolize him as if he were god. If you are shiite you are 99% a hezbollah or amal supporter and they are the same crap with a different name. The only group that seems to be able to somewhat think for themselves and formulate their own opinions are the christians which happens to be the reason why they are so divided and alot of tension is there. Technically they want the same thing but the past and what happened during the civil war is what mainly divides them, as well as some of their stances towards hezbollah. So basically the military cant take a side or else the military itself will collapse and the country will lose whatever little restraint it may have.


7 posted on 12/06/2006 3:02:06 PM PST by maronite
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