Reply #151: Hizb'Allah is NOT the Lebanese government [View All]

[MADem]

The government consists of a number of political parties and entities, to include Maronites, Greek Catholics, Druzes, Armenian Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Sunnis, and Shi'as (and not all shi'a are Hizb'Allah, either). The President is Armenian, the PM is Sunni, and the Speaker is AMAL shi'a.

The Hizb'Allah are a small minority of the government, they have a few seats, something like FOURTEEN out of a HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT. They formed a bloc with AMAL and another fringe group, but even with those parties, who could bolt at any time if they get sick of Nasrallah, they still have less than a THIRD of the total seats.

Yet they throw their weight around like they are the US GOP majority.

The country's leader is not Hizb'Allah. They are not the majority. Yet Hizb'Allah issues pronouncements to the UK and others as though they were in charge.

Rather like dictators.