Reply #26: That may not be so far off [View All]

[noamnety]

I went to a cease-fire rally in Detroit. (a few photos here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=280x18429) It's probably a lot of the same people as are in DC this weekend - I know we sent 5 bus loads there.

There were a stack of homemade signs for people to grab, and a few of them were pro-Hezbollah specifically. I saw a woman quietly folding those up and putting them in the trash. When the speakers were speaking after the march, each time Hezbollah was mentioned, a big cheer went up and several hundred people waved their flags enthusiastically.

The US, Canada, and Israel list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. The UN acknowledges it "employs terrorist tactics" but at the same time says it's not helpful to label it "a terrorist organization" and says the US and international world should respect it as a legitimate political party. They operate hospitals, clinics, schools, agricultural centers. They're pretty heavily involved in social development. They also promote women's rights. It's not a black and white issue, though the media here naturally portrays it as such.