Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Is Israel likely to go ahead with a cross-border offensive into south Lebanon? | DW News" video.

  1.  @nublex  Israel only holds on to the Shebaa Farms, of which it isn't entirely clear if they're Lebanese or Syrian territory. Fact is, Hezbollah has dealt Israel several bloody noses, so much so that Israel, under domestic pressure, was forced to withdraw from Lebanon, abandoning its proxies in the South Lebanon Army, which totally collapsed as a result. Interestingly, the US withdrawal from Afghanistan was like a carbon-copy of the SLA's collapse. I suspect you're not really up to date on factionalism in Lebanon. Hezbollah is a state within a state. A great many Lebanese would love to see Israel destroy Hezbollah, but they realise Israel's militarism is only counter-productive. Like Hamas, Hezbollah only benefits from Israel's militarism.
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  2. You don't seem to understand that *Hezbollah is Israel's enemy here, not Lebanon as a whole. Israel clearly understands it. Perhaps you should try, too.
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  3.  @Z12K  Instigate? Hezbollah, at Iran's instructions, attacks Israel out of "solidarity" for Hamas. It would be no different if NATO countries were to launch missiles at Russia for the latter's shenanigans in Ukraine. It's not Hezbollah's war, and neither is the Houthis' war.
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