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Old 07-13-2006, 03:20 PM
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Default Re: Israel\'s Attack on Lebanon and Hezbollah

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Lebanon purports to be a sovereign country

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I always wonder how people can support some of Israel's more extreme actions, and then I heard statements like this, which apparently suggests that sovereignty is based on how much a nation's policies agree with Israel's, and I don't wonder anymore.

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I think Bluff's doubts about Lebanon's real sovereignty come more from it being run by Syria for the past 20 years than from its failure to fall in with Israel.

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Their sovereignty could have been brought into question when Syria held the real power in the country - even then, however, Israel could not use Syria's control over Lebanese government to assert that it has the right to be aggressive towards Lebanon.
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