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To: SARMAN who wrote (276416)	10/14/2010 1:07:56 PM
From: Sdgla	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

What are you smoking? Its called education... try some. You furious to ? MJT: That kind of talk scares the hell out of a lot of Lebanese people. There was an advertising campaign all over the country a few years ago. Billboards were put up everywhere in areas that aren’t controlled by Hezbollah that said, simply, “I Love Life.” If billboards like that were put up in the United States or Europe, they would be pretty innocuous, but in Lebanon they were controversial. Hezbollah was furious and denounced the people who designed them as racists. David Hazony: Was it coming from the fundamentally Christian part of Lebanon? MJT: I know the people behind the campaign, and many of them are Christians, but not all of them. And the billboards went up in non-Christian areas, in Sunni and Druze areas, and they weren’t controversial there. The billboards did not go up in Shia areas, though, because Hezbollah wouldn’t allow it. David Hazony: It scares me to think that Lebanon might have to go through a massive civil war to clean out Hezbollah. MJT: I don’t see any way that Lebanon can come through the other side without war, whether it’s a civil war or another big war with Israel. Lebanon will have to pass through a great and terrible gate unless the Syrian and Iranian governments are somehow replaced. David Hazony: But who among Hezbollah would say, “okay, now we’ll give up our weapons?” if the Iranian government is replaced? MJT: No one in Hezbollah would say that, but they’ll have to become a lot more cautious. They’ll be extremely nervous without their patron , and they’ll have to make some adjustments. It wouldn’t mean Lebanon and Israel are off the hook all of a sudden, but it would be difficult, if not impossible, for Hezbollah to find another sponsor. They’re militant Shia sectarians, and no Arab state other than Syria will support that. Not even Iraq with its Shia majority would do it after its own recent experience with militias. David Hazony: If there’s a revolution in Iran, Syria will find itself completely alone. pajamasmedia.com