Shilling for Hezbollah at The Australian
Yeah, OK:
The second reason for Hezbollah's defiance is the reaction of a million people to having been driven from their homes. Thousands streamed back last week to find entire areas flattened and their houses pulverised. Many wept and railed, yet their anger was directed not at Hezbollah for picking the fight with Israel, but at the Israeli forces for wreaking such devastation. The loyalty commanded by the belligerent yet humble Nasrallah constitutes the third reason for Hezbollah's air of resolution. Some fighters cried during a broadcast in which he said he kissed their feet in honour of their bravery on the front lines. Hezbollah's ability not only to withstand the Israeli attacks but to create mayhem in northern Israel has earned Nasrallah stellar status in much of the Arab world.
"Belligerent yet humble" should be reserved as a description for Dickens characters, not for the man who orchestrated a war that cost billions in damage and thousands in lives. We almost get the feeling that there are those elements in the international left who care much more about seeing Israel temporarily humiliated than about the deaths of actual people. And we get that feeling because it seems like there are those in the international left who are quite glad to dismiss all this nastiness about death in order to get to the part where Nasrallah is a hero.
The second reason for Hezbollah's defiance is the reaction of a million people to having been driven from their homes. Thousands streamed back last week to find entire areas flattened and their houses pulverised. Many wept and railed, yet their anger was directed not at Hezbollah for picking the fight with Israel, but at the Israeli forces for wreaking such devastation. The loyalty commanded by the belligerent yet humble Nasrallah constitutes the third reason for Hezbollah's air of resolution. Some fighters cried during a broadcast in which he said he kissed their feet in honour of their bravery on the front lines. Hezbollah's ability not only to withstand the Israeli attacks but to create mayhem in northern Israel has earned Nasrallah stellar status in much of the Arab world.
"Belligerent yet humble" should be reserved as a description for Dickens characters, not for the man who orchestrated a war that cost billions in damage and thousands in lives. We almost get the feeling that there are those elements in the international left who care much more about seeing Israel temporarily humiliated than about the deaths of actual people. And we get that feeling because it seems like there are those in the international left who are quite glad to dismiss all this nastiness about death in order to get to the part where Nasrallah is a hero.
