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> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:36:05 -0600
> From: "Michael Pugliese" <michael.098762001 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Hezbollah vs IDF
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> So why is Nasrallah depressed?
> http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=977
> Nasrallah's Malaise
> By Ehud Yaari
> Jerusalem Report, October 2, 2006
>
> Hassan Nasrallah is showing clear signs of "dejection, melancholy and
> depression," according to the editors of the Lebanese daily al-Safir,
> who are counted among the most steadfast supporters of the leader of
> Hizballah. Alongside a tiresomely long interview with him, published
> on September 5, they note that the man radiates a sense of
> "disappointment and distress."
I cannot comment about the issues regarding internal Lebanese politics, but there is also the possibility that part of Nasrallah's depression comes from seeing Lebanon bombed to hell and littered with cluster bombs. Or, in the words of the article, "the disaster visited upon them by Nasrallah's belligerent adventurism".