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Old 05-14-2008, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by superdude17* View Post
Considering that Sunnis make up about 80% of the population (rough estimate)...I don't see how their could be a war. The Shi'ite would get their ass handed to them. The only majority Shi'ite countries that are very powerful are Iran and Iraq.
Hezbollah brought the Israeli army to it's knees, they could easily over power the Lebanese army and the crisis would spark a Civil War. What I think would happen is a 'Proxy' war would emerge whereby the West/Saudi Arabia etc would back the govt. and Iran and Syria would back Hezbollah. My friend knew a Lebanese person and went to Lebanon and saw that Hezbollah are prepared and seeking a war. He talked to them about their struggle and they are commited. They start training the children at age 7. They are prepared and a determined force that could take over Lebanon.

The crisis might spill over into an all out brawl in the Middle East (which seems to be what American policy is aiming for). Unless we get China/EU/India on board we are going to have problems if this gets out of control.

However the crisis seems to have died down (for the moment).
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