Bambi just took a work break to read the international news, specifically from her birth country. She learned from L’Orient Today that a religious man, close to Hezbollah, said the following: “Hezbollah’s weapons are God’s weapons” (https://tinyurl.com/bdddpfcb). Wow, quite a statement, isn’t it?
To begin with, this statement was said in the context of a new—and overdue era in Lebanon, namely its disarmament plan from now until the end of the 2025 year. It seems that it was a sort of a public communication between two different religious men (https://tinyurl.com/bdddpfcb), one supporting the government’s move and the other resisting it.
Let’s recall that Hezbollah is military very weakened following its war with Israel since October 8, 2023 (when it dragged Lebanon into not just war, but also re-occupation). Yet, as a stubborn Islamist group, Hezbollah—”Party of God” in Arabic—wants to keep fighting (Israel) until the end of time. This despite its much restricted access to new weapons via the Mediterranean sea or the land, namely through the border with Syria.
If you are not familiar with the context of the Middle East, Bambi will share that religions are too important there (sadly). This even if some people do not believe in God and most, regardless of their beliefs, want a truly secular state system.
So if we happen to not believe in God, how can we swallow the Mufti’s statement that Hezbollah’s weapons are God’s weapons? And even if we believe in God, why would the latter need to have weapons? Isn’t the power of his beautiful, unconditional love enough?
It is hard to know if we should smile, laugh, or cry to such absurdity or cognitive distortion. Bambi is saying so even if she fully understands Hezbollah’s “resistance” to give its arms to the Lebanese authorities. By doing so, this militia would lose the remainder of its military superpower.
