It makes me wonder why isreal government doesn't do that, they have been in war since the 80s and right now the northern isreal/southern Lebanon is a scene of conflict and It costs isreal alot, I know they've done it back in the day when they supported flanges and "south Lebanon army" but what is the thing that stops them to do it again instead of engaging their own army ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Lebanon_Army
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Terrorists can’t be controlled. See how it worked out for the US (and the Middle East) when they propped up the taliban and isis to be counter weights against their enemies at the time.Â
Lebanese Christians are generally not friendly with Israel, nor do they appreciate Hezbollah who is trying to drag them into war. They are in a quiet unloving relationship of convenience and co-existence with Hezbollah since 2006.
They want to be left alone. The majority of Christians did not appreciate Israel’s invasion of Lebanon which they see was the catalyst for formation of Hezbollah in the first place and they certainly will not hold up weapons to defend Israel which historically invaded Lebanon or go to war on Hezbollah’s behalf.
Yes they should make a phone call and tell them to go to war!
Why do you think the Christian’s of Lebanon will do Israel’s bidding for them?
Decades of Hezbollah buildup in Southern Lebanon make it a completely different landscape than it was during Israel’s occupation. The SLA can’t be reconstituted as there are no opposition forces in South Lebanon other than a handful of LAF units pretending to patrol, plus most Christian Lebanese don’t exactly trust Israel and would hesitate if not refuse cooperating with them again.
Because they don’t exist. The SLA were traitors and Israeli collaborators who were hated by a vast majority of the Lebanese population. Most of them emigrated to Israel or other western countries. Most Lebanese Christians that are there today would not take up arms against their own country to help Israel.
The SLA were widely regarded as traitors and collaborators by the Lebanese government and civilians. They collapsed basically as soon as Israel withdrew its troops from Lebanon. Since then Hezbollah has strengthened its grip on the South to the point that it’s practically a country within a country; Hezbollah has its own government and schools and infrastructure that answer only to it. There’s just not enough pro-Israel sentiment within Lebanon to really make that kind of operation worth the cost.