U.S. wants to build up Hezbollah moderates: adviser

[Valin]

Reuters:

(Reuters) - The Obama administration is looking for ways to build up "moderate elements" within the Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla movement and to diminish the influence of hard-liners, a top White House official said on Tuesday.

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The Great Hezbollah Snipe Hunt

John Brennan, deputy national security adviser for homeland security, has come up with a new way to waste the foreign-policy establishment’s time — locate the so-called “moderate elements” within Hezbollah and somehow promote them.

“There is [sic] certainly the elements of Hezbollah that are truly a concern to us what [sic] they’re doing,” he said. “And what we need to do is to [sic] find ways to diminish their influence within the organization and to try to build up the more moderate elements.”

There are no moderates within Hezbollah, at least not any who stand a chance of changing Hezbollah’s behavior. Sure, the terrorist militia has sent a handful of its members to parliament, as Brennan says, and once in a while they sound more reasonable than its secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, but these people are employees. They don’t make policy.

If you want to catch a glimpse of Hezbollah’s org chart, just rent a car in Beirut and drive south. You’ll see billboards and posters all over the place in the areas Hezbollah controls. Some show the portraits of “martyrs” killed in battle with Israel. Others show the mug shots of Hezbollah’s leadership, most prominently Nasrallah and his deceased military commander, truck bomber, and airplane hijacker Imad Mugniyeh. Alongside the pictures of Hezbollah’s leaders, you’ll also see Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the two “supreme guides” of the Islamic Republic regime in Iran.

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[Argyle58]

Almost a year and a half in office and they still don't have a clue. I couldn't think of any reason why a "moderate", whether political or social, would join a terrorist organization. By definition they have to be zealots.

 

Get out and do something for the cause, folks. If we manage to survive the next 31 months, we have to get these clowns out of office, because I fairly certain we can't survive a second term.

[Valin]

Almost a year and a half in office and they still don't have a clue. I couldn't think of any reason why a "moderate", whether political or social, would join a terrorist organization. By definition they have to be zealots.

 

Get out and do something for the cause, folks. If we manage to survive the next 31 months, we have to get these clowns out of office, because I fairly certain we can't survive a second term.

 

 

Not in Hezbollah, but there are some out there. To see what I'm talking about see....

The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One

David Kilcullen

 

A Must Read.