You really don't think the assassination of the leader of a party 5 years ago has an impact on future elections, including this year's?
(And the elder Hariri was by far not the only politician killed in that time, and the number who quit after specifically being threatened is well documented). I think any political party would love the advantage that Hezbollah has garnered over the past few years with its lack of hesitation to use violence. Not willing to use violence themselves, mind you, but the advantages are clear. I agree that Hezbollah is the current government of Lebanon. And as such, and being a terrorist organization, our policy for a change is amazingly clear and obvious. But I cannot say they are a legitimate government, no more than Egypt was, or any white politician in the South during the Jim Crow era. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I was referring more to the Hezbollah assassinations of political rivals, > > like the previous premier. > > > > It is hard to call it an election when the other side disappears and is > > blown up. > > That was a different Hariri and that happened in 2005. The, now > previous, ruling party kept power after that with the younger Hariri > being PM until these last elections. I agree, Hezbollah was probably > involved in that blatant assassination. None the less, that was 6 > years ago and Hezbollah has continued to make gains in elections, > culminating in the recent formation of a new government. I don't like > it, but the country is divided and it isn't even my country. As far as > I'm aware, there is no reason for us to be able to say that they are > not now the legitimate government of Lebanon. We don't have to be as > friendly with them as the previous government, but they seem to be the > ruling government none the less. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334538 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
