A Hezbollah funeral for one of its fighters killed in Syria. (YouTube/Channel 4 News)
NOW: Hezbollah’s Shiite catch
“Hezbollah will not be destroyed; but it will change”
“Hezbollah is transforming. It has to change, because we are changing,” says Karim, with the authority of an accomplished expert. Although he is still 18 years old, Karim has already trained and fought with Hezbollah in Syria, gotten wounded and left the party a few weeks after his injury. His involvement in Syria’s war, in addition to the fact that he’s lived all his life in the heart of the southern suburbs of Beirut, makes him look and sound much older than his real age. His familiarity with the nuances of life there, and acute observations on how the party and the community are changing, makes it very hard to argue with him.
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WNU Editor: The wars in Syria and Yemen and the ever increasing body-bags being brought back to Lebanon must be impacting the Shiite community in ways that were unfathomable only a few years ago. But will this be enough to cause change .... only time will tell.
3 comments:
The Atlantic Council has a long history of being wrong and engaging in wishful thinking about Hezboallah.
Jihad doesn't change
Shia don't do "jihad".
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