The_Heretic

You're confusing a Sunni terror group [Hamas] for a Shi'ite terror group [Hezballah] and their semi-support from Iran.

It'd help for you to read up a little more on the independent origins of both groups and why Hezballah hates Hamas as much as they hate Israel.

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TrueBlueAmerican

I like reading. Please provide some literature.

They may not like each other as you have said, and ill read what you post, but they do have a common enemy and this is critical. Whether you like Hamas or Hizbollah or not, we can work with these groups to take care of actual threats like al Qaeda and smaller splinter cells.

Hamas and Hizbollah want to establish governments, and within a governmental infrastructure you cant have terrorists running around the country causing trouble. Hamas and Hizbollah's respective governments will go after radical elements within their territories and will estalish order.

Like Putin said, "you cant fight terrorists with slingshots." Hamas and Hizbollah need to be allowed to establish legitimate governments, establish territorial sovreignty, and then begin the proces of official arms transfers from countries like Russia and China instead of all these backroom third party transfers.

TrueBlueAmerican

No. The point I was making is that they share their resources to fight a common enemy. Military strategy trumps religious dogma during battle.

BillCosby

& what exactly is your criteria????? Murdering ppl for the USA makes them the good guys???


My criteria is a little easier.. No mental gymnastics necessary......

You invading Panama, invading Haiti, invading Kuwait.............????

IMO it is also about the acts not just the perpetrator.........

They were freedumb fighters when they fought the Russians & terrorist & all the rest of those "negative terms" when they fight the usa.........?????

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TrueBlueAmerican

My criteria for what?

BillCosby

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TrueBlueAmerican

Well, do you believe that al Qaeda is the same as Hizbollah or Hamas?

If so, why?

And if not, why?

I see Hamas and Hizobollah as legitimate resistance groups because they are fighting on behalf of their people.

For instance, when the cowardly Lebanese military stood down as Israel raped Lebanon, Hizbollah took a stand for the people and fought back.

TrueBlueAmerican

Without Hizbollah and Hamas, who is going to defend their people?

al Qaeda?

Israel?

General Petrayus?

The_Heretic

In practice the Palestinians have yet to be defended by anyone.

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TrueBlueAmerican

The resistance groups are not powerful enough to push Israel out of the occupied territories or cause crippling damage to the IDF, but they have done a good job at defending whats left of their homes by killing many invading Israeli soldiers who thumb their noses at Palestinian sovreignty.

If Palestinians werent on the streets everyday putting up a front, all of Palestine would be an Israeli settlment.

Palestinians are better off being ruled by Palestinians than being ruled by a fascist apartheid state. The fighters help the Palestinians by preventing a Palestinian Holacaust. If the Jews want to exterminate the Palestinians, they have to kill all the rebels first!