Hezbollah
The Presidents of Tunisia and Egypt have gone, the President of Yemen is going. The dictator of Libya has lost control of half of his country and is being bombed out of the other half.
But the revolutionary tidal wave of the Arab Spring has now come up against a tougher opponent – the 40-year-old dictatorship of the Assad family in Syria.
It’s clear that President Bashar al-Assad and his security forces have no intention of giving up power, and are now engaged in a violent and bloody crackdown on dissent.
While all eyes have been on Egypt the past three weeks, across in the Arab world another country is going through massive transformations that have a major impact on Western support and influence in the region.
Lebanon is due to form its Hezbollah-backed government in the coming days. The group is officially listed by the United States, Israel and many other European countries as a terrorist group and the formation of such a government has been interpreted by these Western countries as a rise in Iranian influence, effectively hijacking the US-backed government and its influence in the region.
It is this naïve interpretation of events that could serve as a catalyst in sparking violent conflict within the region.
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Luce says:
TRD, sorry I can’t subscribe to your way of thinking. What would you suggest the people of Gaza do? I’m not talking about Hamas, I’m talking about the civilians. These people don’t exactly have the luxury that you have of being able to watch this play out on a global… Read more »
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rb says:
And why should we support Israel? And not just because you don’t support Hezbollah. Read more »
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