How many Hezbollah's are there? I have heard about a thousand

[NNN0LHI]

Is that right? I have searched but can't find anything.

Don

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Are you talking about the Lebanese Hezbollah...

or the Venezuelan Hezbollah?

[cantstandbush]

2. If they can cause this with only a thousand and the paltry weapons they

have and no fighter jets, what would they do if they had comparable weapons to Israel?

[46and2]

3. Total Destruction

of Israel...

[sellitman]

4. As would any of Israel's neighbors.

That's the crux of the problem.

[Solo_in_MD]

5. Syria and Egypt were unable to do it in 1973 and the was the best

chance the Arab nations are ever going to get to wipe out Israel.

[Laughing Mirror]

7. If Hezbollah had weapons comparable to Israel

Israel wouldn't be trying to destroy them.

[Solo_in_MD]

6. Its indeterminate

Hezbollah is part political party, part armed faction, part government. It also has sympathizers who are not formally affiliated with it and I am sure some detractors who are.

Its akin to asking how big is/was the Republican movement in Northern Ireland. Do you count only those with guns, or does Sinn Fein figure in the totals? You get the idea.

Consensus is that Hezbollah has 10,000 artillery rockets. They also hold two portfolios in the Lebanese cabinet. You don't mange that with just 1000 members.