@honey badger: not as much as Israel getting a taste of its own medicine

@Happy As Larry: Whatever keeps you happy, I suppose.

@honey badger: the Lebanese people of all faiths and backgrounds are happy to have Hezbollah to defend them from Israel. Without the support from iran, how could Hezbollah arm themselves?

@James MC: Lifted off the internet: As a Lebanese, this is one of the happiest days in Lebanon’s history.
As a Middle Easterner, this is one of the most transformative days for the Middle East.
As a human being who holds peace before my eyes, this is the most important day for our region.

Nasrallah and Hezbollah have terrorized the Lebanese people since the 1980s. He is responsible for the continuous downfall of Lebanon’s economy and sovereignty. He bears responsibility for countless assassinations of fine Lebanese men and women, solely for opposing his grip on our precious country.

Nasrallah is also responsible for the slaughter of thousands of Syrian children, women, and men, as well as for other atrocities across the Middle East.

@honey badger: cont’d:
Every Lebanese and every decent human being should feel joy at the downfall of one of the greatest evils of our time.

Now, we have a real chance to look forward, ensuring Hezbollah’s weapons are handed over to the Lebanese authorities, and sitting down with Israelis and the West for genuine negotiations on normalization and peace between our countries—Israel and Lebanon.

I support this 100%.

@honey badger: my family are Lebanese Christians, this is not the case I’m afraid. Think you have been following a “Lebanese” person on twitter who works in an IDF office in Tel Aviv.

@honey badger: Also I grew out of good Vs evil narratives when I was too old for Harry Potter.

@James MC: Maybe have a look on Twitter and see the numerous videos of Lebanese, Syrians, and even Iranians celebrating Hezbollah’s demise dancing in the street, handing out sweets. They weren’t protecting anyone from Israel. After Jordan kicked out the Palestinians, who assassinated their prime minister and attempted to overthrow the government, they went to Lebanon and started a civil war. Why do you think no Arab countries want to take them in? Hezbollah were formed in that war and are guilty of the deaths of numerous civilians. The Christians, Maronites and Druze, as well as many Muslims, hate them. In Syria, they helped Asad and Russia murder tens of thousands of civilians. They are also one of the biggest drug exporting groups in the world. Israel has done the world a massive favour.

@honey badger: I’m actually showing your comment to the family now. “Lifted off the internet”. You can say that again .We are all laughing. Cheered us up, thanks.

@James MC: Good for you and them. I’m sure they’d like peace between Israel and Lebanon, however. No?

@Richard Keogh: if you don’t speak Arabic I wouldn’t trust those subtitles

@honey badger: as Isreal is led by a bunch of genocidal maniacs with a propensity to violence

@honey badger: yes we’d love peace. Before October 7th you couldn’t walk around south Lebanon without the constant hum of IDF drones in the air, this was during “peace”. You haven’t a clue. Of course people want peace,

@honey badger: Well seen as you’re the top agenda driven driveler on here, I’m not sure why your surprised people challenge your agenda driven drivel.. or do you have a problem with your skewed narrative of the world being challenged Honey.. how precious we are. This is a comments section.. with a right of reply.. if you’re struggling with that concept, I suggest you retreat down your echo chamber with a big fat spliff where HB is king and you’re infallible in your own tiny stoned mind ..

@James MC: You mean that Israel monitored Hezbollah because they didn’t disarm as was agreed under Resolution 1701? Here’s to peace.

@Brian: Again, your views on me are utterly irrelevant. You spend far too much time composing clunky comments critical of me!

@honey badger: flying drones into a sovereign airspace. “Peace”. There is no peace with someone who wants to occupy your land.

@James MC: There’s even less chance when a country has been co-opted as a launch pad for Iranian mullahs.

@honey badger: Have you anything to do around the house? Get treatment for your obsessions.

@honey badger: launch pad for Iranian mullahs. “Disarmament”, who’s arming Israel? And Israel have a right to act with impunity. On your doorstep. Actually I wish Iran sent Hezbollah some anti aircraft defences. I wonder why you think “other” people should have tolerate an existence you would not your self. Your whole take is western exceptionalism at its finest. It’s gross. I don’t want the world to be some homogeneous blob of USA approved democracy. Different cultures require different governance, even if they seem chaotic to you in your ivory tower.

@James MC: Word salad, my friend. Nasrallah said God created Israel so Jews would be ‘gathered in one place’ to ‘save you from having to go to the ends of the world’ to murder them.
He tried to bring that dream to fruition through the Islamic Regime’s most powerful terror proxy. He didn’t get the chance.

@honey badger: “word salad” proceeds to fall back on “antisemism”

@James MC: If directly quoting him qualifies as “antisemism,” what does that tell you? Do you live in Lebanon yourself, or are you here in Ireland?

@honey badger: UNIFIL is a monitoring mission not an enforcement mission. The United Nations is not a world government. It has no standing army. Missions are proposed by members and the limitations of those missions are set out by members. UNIFIL has no force projection and that that is intentional. Otherwise Israeli incursion I to Lebanese territory and their frequent snatching of hostages – often women – might be punished. And security council member the US will not allow anything, including the Geneva conventions to come between Israel and what it wants. Which is usually, an expansion of its borders. This time they will capture the Litani river, plant settlements right up to the border and divert the water. In preparation for their next expansion north. They are fascists.

@honey badger: it may be good that Nasrallah is gone. However if you think he will be replaced by some moderate, democratic technocrat you are dreamjng. And Israel will put Beirut to the sword, with the same pitiless Bronze Age mentality they have displayed in their war of annihilation against the citizens of Gaza. Liquidating the ghetto isn’t enough for these fascists, they demand lebensraum as well.

@Sergej Simonov: you need to look up your history first before you start making comments. You are trying to make Israel the good guys. Israel doesn’t want a ceasefire. There only worried about killing as many people as they can and to increase there illegal settlements.

@Sergej Simonov: you’re not honestly that thick are you?

@eoin fitzpatrick: I’m not sure of the SS made the destruction of hospitals and the torturing of doctors and nurses a priority. But the IDF stormtroopers seem to find it amusing. Doesnt assuage their unquenchable bloodlust though.

They do both seem enamoured of setting German Shephards on old men in wheelchairs and boys with learning disabilities, etc.

@Sergej Simonov: so close to getting it and yet so far

@James MC: hezbollah terrorists were murdering Syrians along with bloody murderer Bashar Asad. Suffered heavy loses because never fought an offensive war. Hopefully Israel will finish off those terrorists who survived.

@Sergej Simonov: why were they not called terrorists back then? In “trusted” media organisations they were “fighters”

@James MC: Good for you. The rest of the Arab world won’t touch them. Expelled from Jordan, expelled from Kuwait, started a civil war in Lebanon. Even the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia in an interview today says he has no interest in the Palestinian question. Because they are trouble, everywhere they go they bring death, destruction, and terrorism. Only the mullahs in Iran (definitely not the populace who are strong supporters of Israel) care, and that is solely for their own reasons of spreading their brand of terror throughout the ME. The elimination of Hezbollah presents a golden opportunity for the ME.

@James MC: There was an article on dublininquerer.com recently how Palestinian man cancelled his asylum application because it’s safer in Gaza than in Dublin! He is not afraid of people of Israel!!! Just read how Palestinians were badly beaten in Finglas recently. How crowd in Coolock 5 times set place on fire were Palestinians could live! Very soon Israel will bring a case in Hague against Ireland for genocide of Palestinian refugee! What was stopping you so far from taking home the Irish homeless?! So many dying especially in winter! Their death is on your because you could help as you claim but didn’t!

@Richard Keogh: To be fair, the Crown Butcher of Saudi seems to be best friends with Bibi. Two sociopathic killers in a pod.

@Richard Keogh: same happened with the Jews. Expelled from England by Edward I, Expelled from Eastern Europe and Russia by pogroms. handed over to the Nazis wherever they went. Refused asylum in the US and Canada. Nobody would touch them’ as you put it.

How do you think that reflects on everyone involved?

@James MC: the Afghans were similarly ‘freedom fighters’ when they were skinning Russians alive. But very naughty when sending the US army packing with their tails between their legs.