I will ask her those questions in my next email, but I can tell you that I'm guessing that no one has a lot of time for politics right now in Beirut. It's all about where the next gallon of clean drinking water or antibiotics are coming from.
Even though my brother and sister-in-law have their own views on world events and politics, you might be surprised at how matter-of-fact and pragmatic they are. They are constantly in war zones, (at least in Africa for the last 15 years), and have become somewhat immune to seeing the horrible behavior of groups of people and governments. Including Hezbollah, most definitely. The thing about HB that is odd is that they are like two different organizations, a provider of social services in south Lebanon, (good), and a militia that is a sworn enemy of Israel. (Bad). She is having to sit at tables w/ HB reps, (as are all of the other NGO figures in Lebanon right now), and it is a little awkward to say the least. We are not anti-semites/Jew-haters in my family and would prefer to never meet any.
I have to go right now to a social commitment, but I'll be back later.
