Originally posted by SeitseObviously not. I posted this in another thread:
so I guess you don't share that opinion.
From wikipedia Lebanon General Elections 2005:
The second round was held on June 5 in South Lebanon and Nabatyeh Governorate. The Resistance and Development Bloc, a joint ticket by the two main Shiite parties Amal and Hezbollah, in addition to Bahiya Al-Hariri, the sister of the assassinated late Prime Minister Rafic Al-Hariri and Oussama Saad from Sidon, won all 23 seats. Official tallies showed the Resistance and Development Bloc receiving more than 80% of the vote. The head of Amal, Nabih Berri, said in a news conference held in Mosseileh: "The South has declared clearly and before international observers its backing for the resistance as a path for the past, present and future." Berri said the elected MPs would not let Hezbollah be disarmed.
Hezbollah is a national resistance group made up of Lebanese nationals. The purpose of Hezbollah is to drive Israel from Lebanese soil which it asserts Israel has never left. Hezbollah would exist whether Iran/Syria sent them a dime or not.