lbo-talk-digest V1 #5292

[Brad DeLong]

>  >Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:43:38 -0800
>>From: Brad DeLong
>>Subject: Hezbollah and Likud
>
>>But the fact that Ariel Sharon heads Likud and the Israeli >government
>>does no more to turn Hezbollah into a "legitimate civilian"
>>organization than the fact of Bloody Sunday does to turn >the IRA into
>>a Benevolent Society.
>
>Not sure what point you're trying to make here; the IRA has returned
>members to Westminster since the beginning of the 1970s troubles.  At least
>one of its commanders (Martin McGuinness) has shared a platform with
>prominent US politicians.  If it makes it any easier, think of the chaps in
>the Lebanese Parliament as "Sinn Fein Hezbollah".
>
>dd

Exactly...