I'm glad that the rest of the world can sit back at their computers and argue the theoretical implications of Lebanon and Iran's blooming friendship. I live with my family (4 generations together), just 8KM south of the Lebanese border. We don't have the luxury of waiting to see if this will be as bad as Iran promises. When someone says they want to destroy my home and kill my children, I don't have any choice but to expect that he absolutely means it and will act. Maybe English speakers miss the nuanced language of Al Jazeera and the likes, but we see daily that every Arab nation has pledged to end Israel and gives money to those willing to do so....why do my children have to be sitting ducks to appease the international consensus?

The current ongoing narrative in the region is direct competition for supremacy between Iran and Israel , however, the new complicating factor is Turkish clear desire to throw their hat in the ring, so far Iran has been able to take advantage of Israeli/Turkish fallout.The intractable eygptain weakness and Syrian keeness of their weakness and old Syrian tendency to make money of any passing by in the region, also everyone knows that the operating factor in the Syrian poltics is sustaining the minority rule and the Israelis are keenly aware of this fact as they repeatedly threaten to hit the internal security forces that protect a mafia like regime that cannot possibly of national character. in a nutshell , the region Is in waiting mode for anew regional balance is democracy and freedom can win.

Lebanon and Israel were founded in the same way by the same people after the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. If one is "illegal", then so must be the other. But then you have to wonder which weird law dictates such illegality anyway. Why is it "illegal" for Jews to live in their homeland while it is, presumably, legal for Arabs to rule an empire reaching from western Tamazgha to the middle of Kurdistan and deep into African lands in the south?

But unfortunately, they are making a pact with the devil. It is understandable they would hate Israel for attacking them, but it certainly wasn't undeserved. They allowed Hizbollah to attack from their borders. I rest my case.

Hey rap artist Lawrence you need to stop rapping already and get serious for once as Bibi ,Avigdor and other Israeli politicians know what they,re doing unlike yourself who is so busy rapping he doesn,t even know what he,s actually rapping about,enough already?

The UN is silent because it,s so called peace keepers in southern Lebanon are on holiday receiving danger pay( sic )and free booze at the expense of the European/American taxpayers but the upcoming US midterm elections in November are a convenient side show to the blatant debacle taking place in Lebanon ?

It,s specifically designed to get rid of nutcases like yourself Alicia,now vamos ,pronto?

The current ongoing narrative in the region is direct competition for supremacy between Iran and Israel , however, the new complicating factor is Turkish clear desire to throw their hat in the ring, so far Iran has been able to take advantage of Israeli/Turkish fallout.The intractable eygptain weakness and Syrian keeness of their weakness and old Syrian tendency to make money of any passing by in the region, also everyone knows that the operating factor in the Syrian poltics is sustaining the minority rule and the Israelis are keenly aware of this fact as they repeatedly threaten to hit the internal security forces that protect a mafia like regime that cannot possibly of national character. in a nutshell , the region Is in waiting mode for anew regional balance is democracy and freedom can win.

IDIOTS Jews like you are the cause of Problems for the Jews..You BRING very negative attention that is not needed..your writing is SARCASTIC and ARROGANT... Wonder what will you do, if the Fireworks starts..You will be jetting out on the first flight out..

and ethnicaly cleansed land while lebanon people from different back grounds lived toghter for thousands of years you know it but you try to hide it so you ask me to uncover it happy now!

AND YOU probably will change your name to JOHN Smith..

no israeli tanks driving around lebanon; they are doing great

You are either not drinking regular tea or you are just another of these idiots who don't want to hear the truth, but to continue to spout the rantings of their leaders and terrorist buddies. Nothing you wrote was even close to the truth First of all, Israel was created by the .UN, you know, that group that is now thouroughly corrupted by the Arab Muslin Countries of the world to spout the hate of Israel and the Western thinking countries of the world. Second, there was no ethic cleansing, you should look up the meaning of "Ethnic Cleansing", it is something being done by almost every Arab Muslin state in the world(there are around 50 of them) against those who live in those countries who are not Muslin or of a different Muslim beleif(Shite vs Sunni) Third, Read the history of your own Arab leaders from the time before 1948, there was no groups living in the area, except for the traveling beduens and small groups living around the Jewith settlements. So why dont you really find the true instead of being such a lackey idiot. The truth hurts, HAPPY NOW!!!

Then you will see the cost of terrorism.