Re: Violence escalates between Sunni and Shia in Beirut
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Originally Posted by MossadConspiracy
Lebanon is locked in a neverending power-struggle. It has nothing to do with religious doctrine, because the various religious factions are constantly stabbing each other in the back and making deals with each other (which can never happen in a doctrinal conflict). The problem with lebanon is that it has a weak central government, a fractious population, no way for any one group to completely dominate the others, and no willingness to really compromise. Some lebanese blame the french, some blame the ottomans, some blame the saudis, some blame syria or iran, some blame america or israel. The reality is that intolerance combined with the primacy of communal identity in lebanese society are to blame. just my opinion
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That is not something that can be changed with occupation or invasion....that is embedded in the culture, would take a lifetime to get anything accomplished 
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