Reply #2: I'll address the Hezbollah mixing in with civilians. [View All]

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Every time this issue is mentioned it seems that the US expects every other country in the world to fight wars using their standards. Where is it written that people have to wear uniforms when fighting a war?

In Vietnam, the US learned that not everyone fights the way they do, or the way they want them to.

Probably the reason they do this is simply that they are a militia, not an army. They don't have the numbers to put themselves out there to be shot at. So they use submersive methods. They have limited resources and they use what they can.

I'm sure Israel would like it if they all put on uniforms and walked down the middle of the largest street in town, giving Israel a nice large easy target. Is that realistic? They do have a right to defend themselves.

I'm not saying I agree with how they fight. I'm saying I can understand that in the circumstances they are in, how they can arrive at such methods.

Also, I've yet to see any real evidence that they are in fact "hiding" among the population the way Israel describes. So far, when the HRO goes in after Israel has dropped their bombs, there is very little evidence that Hezbollah was there.