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Sat, 10 May 2008
Hezbollah communications network as a "lifesaver" - what utter nonsense!
Read an article on Electronic Intifada's Lebanon coverage analyzing the current situation. And I must say I am appalled. I am so squarely in the March 14 camp that this quote from the article simple ruffles my feathers.
"Given this context it is clear why Hizballah, as expressed by a press conference given by Hassan Nasrallah this week, was outraged by the government's decision to attempt to dismantle this telecommunications network, that without a doubt assisted in saving Lebanese lives during the 2006 Israeli attack."
Granted the HA wouldn't be the world's premier guerrilla force if they didn't make use of technology extensively and the communications network surely is a core component of their arsenal. But I can't believe that such historical revisionism as evident in the above quote can be put forward. How about the HA not starting the war in the first place? There is nothing that would have saved more lives - not to mention property and overall well-being of the Lebanese civilians.
Yes, there is no shortage of valid criticism of both the March 14 and the Israelis (and of lumping them together for this sentence) but to blame anyone else than the HA for instigating the July 2006 war is simply wrong. And yes, the network may have stopped a full scale Israeli invasion and occupation up to the Litani river, but it still doesn't make the quote right. The HA started it and they're the ones responsible.