[lbo-talk] We're all anti-Israeli now (was "we're all hizbullah now")

[Tahir Wood]

>>> <lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org> 07/24/06 1:50 PM >>>
> No one is idealising Hezbollah.  Hezbollah is an Islamist movement
with
> a strong history of repelling Israeli aggression.  Israel is now
> destroying Lebanon on the pretext of hunting down Hezbollah.  In
this
> context, it makes perfect sense to say "We are all Hezbollah" as the
> Lebanese civilian shortly to perish under Israeli fire said.  This
does
> not entail support for Hezbollah's broader goals or ideological
> imperatives.

What such a slogan entails is entirely in the mind of the beholder. For
me it entails some kind of identification with Hizbullah, which is
enough to put me off. "We're all anti-Israeli now" sounds more to the
point and way more powerful to my ears.
Tahir
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