# Lebanese army to defend against Israel **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 19, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebanese-army-to-defend-against-israel/369313 "2006-08-19T03:45:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebanese-army-to-defend-against-israel/369313/1 "2006-08-19T03:45:53Z")
Watching Link TV’s [Mosaic](http://www.linktv.org/mosaic/streamsArchive/index.php4) TV news from various countires in the Middle East. A lebanese military officer says his army and “the resistance” will defend the country against Israel. That doesn’t sound good. I thought they were to keep Hezbolah (sp) from shooting at folks. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebanese-army-to-defend-against-israel/369313/2 "2006-08-19T05:10:00Z")
I’m sure many Lebanese citizens are wondering what the previous policy was and why it seemed like a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebanese-army-to-defend-against-israel/369313/3 "2006-08-19T13:42:57Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > I’m sure many Lebanese citizens are wondering what the previous policy was and why it seemed like a good idea. Probably so. It is interesting to see the other guy’s news. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebanese-army-to-defend-against-israel/369313/4 "2006-08-19T18:42:00Z")
Isn’t the lebanese govt/army the running boy for Hezbollah? As in, for the last 20 years? hh ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebanese-army-to-defend-against-israel/369313/5 "2006-08-19T19:13:10Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > Isn’t the lebanese govt/army the running boy for Hezbollah? As in, for the last 20 years? Yeah, but it was the hope that things would change now that Syria is no longer in apparent control of the Lebanese government. ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lebanese-army-to-defend-against-israel/369313/6 "2006-08-19T19:14:28Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > … A lebanese military officer says his army and “the resistance” will defend the country against Israel. > That doesn’t sound good. I thought they were to keep Hezbolah (sp) from shooting at folks. Well what would you say in his position? It’s not us that he’s making a case for the Lebanese Army’s presence in South Lebanon to, it’s _his own citizens_. It would only make political sense for the _ostensible_ reason of the Lebanese Army’s presence to be ‘defence against Israel’.