Hezbollah’s motivations

In the Company of Soldiers has an excellent report from Stratfor that discusses the mindset of Hezbollah. Entirely worth reading. Here is a small excerpt:

That pedantic lesson complete, we can now locate Hezbollah’s ideology and intentions more carefully. Hezbollah is a Shiite radical group that grew out of the Iranian revolution. However, there is a tension in its views, because it also is close to Syria. As such, it is close to a much more secular partner, more in the Nasserite tradition domestically. But it also is close to a country that views Lebanon, Jordan and Israel as part of greater Syria, the Syria torn apart by the British and French.

Go read it all. Perspective on the whole Israel/Lebanon/Palestine greater Middle East can be found.

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