OPINION:
Poor Lebanon, occupied by Iran and controlled by its proxy, Hezbollah. Hezbollah, the largest non-state army in the world, is recognized by most Western nations as a terrorist organization (“Drone war takes flight, raising stakes in Iran, US tensions,” Web, Aug. 25). In violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 skirmish, Hezbollah operates throughout the country, right up to and under the Israeli border. Its tunnels are a war crime. The estimated 40,000 to 150,000 missiles it points at Israel are in violation of international law. The hundreds of dual-purpose houses it has built along the Israeli border are also war crimes.
And yet the Lebanese government is forced to cry that Israel has declared war on it, when in effect Israel is trying to defend Lebanon’s sovereignty.
Lebanon has no power to repel the Iran/Hezbollah threat, but Israel does. Israel will not allow Iran’s flunkies to attack it from Syria, Iraq, Gaza or Lebanon. Israel will foil Iran’s genocidal and hegemonic ambitions. The Lebanese people should be grateful.
LEN BENNETT
Deerfield Beach, Fla.
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