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To: RMF who wrote (35335)	5/5/2009 1:30:03 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

I'm not sure when Hezbollah started, but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't last very long without the support and financing of Iran. Hezbollah (a.k.a. Hizbollah, Hizbu'llah) Author: CFR.org Staff Updated: August 13, 2008 ... What are Hezbollah's origins? Hezbollah was founded in 1982 in response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, and subsumed members of the 1980s coalition of groups known as Islamic Jihad. It has close links to Iran and Syria. ... cfr.org ------------------------------------------ It appears that it predates the liberation if Iraq. How do you KNOW that we didn't just trade one "tyrannical dictatorship" in Iraq for another??? I know that we ended one tyrannical dictatorship. I believe that all human beings deserve a change to live free. Do you believe the opposite? Did you notice how Maliki reacted when our troops went after some guys in Kut that were supporting the Shiite Malitias. He was TICKED and said we had no business going after those guys. But he has no problem with our arresting or killing all the Sunni "Awakening" guys that we want. If we don't do it he'll do it himself. We've just "flipped" things. It used to be a Sunni tyrannical dictatorship, but now it will just end up being a Shiite tyrannical dictatorship. It is possible. It seemed odd to have a minority group in tyrannical control of Iraq. We have done much to prevent it from becoming what you predict. We hope that the opportunity to live free is not squandered.