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The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook
- philiphodgen 9y agoIt’s fascinating to see this story pushed repeatedly and fail to get traction. It has been posted a few times here on HN, as well as in other outlets. “Why am I hearing this? Why am I hearing this _now_?” Regardless of the truth or anti-truth of a particular news story (such as this one), it is useful to ask myself these meta-questions. It is also useful to ask another meta question: “Assuming this is true, why is it failing to get traction?”
- Gibbon1 9y agoYeah it's a huge campaign being pushed basically everywhere. I'm assuming that Israel, various gulf states and their proxies inside the US lobbyist complex are a little spaztic about Hezhollah's somewhat higher geopolitical status. Which they earned by their successful fight against ISIS in Syria/Lebanon and Iraq.