It used to be ruled by the Christians.
I was surprised to see that 40.4% of Lebanon is still Christian, while 54% is now Islamic.
I thought the Christian element was almost gone there.
Is it your assessment that Hezbollah is Palestinian. If not didn’t mean to put words in your mouth. That seemed to be your inference.
I too don’t believe the Lebanese are real thrilled with Hamas being in the catbird’s seat there.
Now my take on Hamas may not be too accurate, but it’s my understanding it didn’t hold sway in the ‘Palestinian’ areas near Israel until the last decade or so. It was voted into power around that time. Before that I believe al Fatah was in control.
Perhaps you can set me straight on some of this.
Who knows if they're palestinian, no one knows what a palestinian is. They're a Lebanese shia terrorist organization. When it's convenient and the cost is low, it's advantageous to use the issue of palestinians, but I suspect the couldn't care less. If they get the west out of the Mideast, they'll be fighting the Sunnis, Hamas and the palestinians. It's not confusing, it's irrational.
You're right about Hamas. They shouldn't have been allowed in the election, armed groups are banned under Oslo, but GWB and Condi insisted and Israel and the PLO , who didn't want them in, relented. They wanted the Muslim Brotherhood in Egyptian elections too, but Egypt refused. I like GWB, but he had some serious blindspots in the region.