As I see it from being a long time outside observer non-arab you really cannot count on the Lebanese Christians. When they wanted Israel’s aid to create all over them and repaid the Israels by massacring fellow Arab citzens whilst allowing their “friends”to take full blame.
Now they are wholely anti-israel and in league with Hezbollah. I think this is a very dangerous move since(hopefully not) any futue war there will involve the whole country -christian & arab parts -with horrible consequences for the country. And yes, of course, Hezbollah assasinated Hairi’s father which just makes the situation there even crazier. If anythig you know where you stand with Hezbolah.

Gordon Bonnet,
I am sorry! BUT I have to say it: YOU, MR BONNET, ARE A MORON!
Without understanding the complexity of Lebanon you say: “you really cannot count on the Lebanese Christians”.
You cannot count on them to do what exactly? Fight their fellow Lebanese because of their different ideology? No Sir, we want to get along with Hezbollah, as a Lebanese party. Hezbollah is asking, simply to get the land back from occupiers. The Lebanese Christians are asking for the same thing, albeit from Syria to pull back from Lebanese soil and demarcate the borders. Guess what? Hezbollah WILL support the Christians in that endeavor as well because what matters at the end is to free Lebanon, ALL of Lebanon. Yes the Christians used the Israelis to get rid of the PLO, a common enemy, and an intruder who misunderstood our hospitality and miscalculated our resolve. Besides, the Israelis used the Christians in their wars as well. Why do you think they helped us because they loved Jesus? Naturally NOT, because of our common enemy in the persona of that idiot Arafat who is rotting in hell for what he did to us and to his people. However, it stops at that. The Israelis would have been slaughtered if it weren’t for Christian guides like they got their ass kicked in 2006 without help. It is in your dream when we turn our weapons on our brothers and sisters in the south. In 2006, we actually helped them by taking their parents and relatives in and sheltered them and fed them. Our problem in Lebanon is not Hezbollah, but interference by foreign countries into our internal affairs AND greedy leaders filling up their pockets with foreign money to allow the use of Lebanese soil for the wars of “others” because they are too cowardly to have those wars on their soil. OR MAYBE, what you need to do now is go and read up a little on Kissinger’s mini projects to rid Lebanon of its Christians in exchange for a peace with Israel. Now, from that perspective, you should probably start your understanding why Christians of the East SHOULD NEVER trust the West.
Finally, if you have seen the movie “300″, King Leonidas said to the Persian messenger: “THIS IS SPARTA!!!” before kicking him in the deep well.
I say to you and to all invaders who intend to put foot on Lebanese soil again: “THIS IS LEBANON!!!” and ALL of its sons and daughters are staying, deep routed in this land, Moslems, Christians and Druze.

Mon Khouri, I think you have a chip on your shoulder. You dont once refer to the terrible coivil war in your country between -yes you’ve guessed it Christians & muslims and neighbour Israel was not involved at all (except illicit arms shipments to the Christians). Hezbollah wants to get back what land exactly? Surely not all this bllions of dollars Iranian arms & rocks for that miniscule Farm area? be realistic for many years now Liban has courted disaster and ore recently has confirmed clearly the chosen path – that is, quite frankly, if there is a next round, the destruction of your country plus neighbouring Syria. There will be no niceities in the next war because Israel cannot afford it.I for one applaud the “old” Lebanon living in reletive harmony albiet with the Christians as Top Dog. The Christians have, probaly thru fatigue and less power, thrown their lot in with Hezbollah. We will see who is right.

Monsieur Bonnet:
You’ve got to see the size of that chip. It weighs heavy on my shoulder
The civil war was a terrible event exacerbated by armed foreigners on our soil. The majority of Lebanese do not want to live through another one neither do we look forward to a war with Israel nor anyone else for that matter. However, if attacked, I think this time around it won’t be pretty for the Israelis neither. We all are aware of the Iranian agenda in Lebanon, however, at least they are willing to give us weapons to defend ourselves unlike other countries who would not entertain the idea, even for cash, because they are under the U.S. hegemony (France included). So we are willing to get weapons from the devil himself if need be to defend ourselves. How can you also applaud a Lebanon that as you put it “albeit with the Christians as Top Dog”? We need a Lebanese as a Top Dog not a Christian nor a Moslem. It happens that I believe that government offices (including the presidency) should be rotated so all Lebanese get a share of power, or even better, if we can eliminate TOTALLY all religious tags and just vote according to politics and not religion or individual politicians and their male heirs. Also, if you follow the news the majority of the country Christians and others do not want to follow Hezbollah to self destruction (Except for those painted in Orange). However, we do not enjoy watching our Shiite civilian brothers slaughtered by a heartless enemy neither.