Reply #6: I am not surprised

[tocqueville]

recent surveys show that the Christian/secular group in Lebanon is much bigger than previously accounted for. They make nearly 45% of the population. Even if the Shiites are bigger than the Sunnis, figures show that the "diehard" Hezbollahs are not more than 25% of the population. Hezbollah was losing popularity before the attack. Now Nasrallah has been catapulted as the hero of the "Arab" masses (which gives Bush's expression of "catapulting the propaganda" a whole new meaning). But what the Lebanese want is to integrate the Hizbollah armed forces into the regular Army, which will happen in th end.