there would be no war, if Hezbollah had a McDonald's

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according to this dude, who's buying into famous asshat Thomas Friedman's simplistic maxim


http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/741348.html

"Does the 'McDonald's rule' apply universally? Evidently not, going by Israel and Lebanon, both of which are dotted with outlets of the hamburger chain.

But Friedman doesn't have to hang his head in shame: his tenet may yet be
saved. The thing is the war isn't between Israel and the sovereign State of Lebanon - a flourishing, free country: it is between Israel and the State of Hezbollah - a backward autocracy, quite the opposite of what Friedman had in mind. Are there McDonald's branches in Dahia, the Hezbollah neighborhood in southern Beirut?"

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1. it's tongue in cheek, and i'll go one better

if hezbollah wasn't filled with sexually repressed freaks they wouldn't be out making trouble for everyone they come in contact with. hezbollah doesn't need mcdonalds it needs strip clubs, playboy magazine and a little more sexual freedom for women. these dudes have blue balls. they need to get laid.