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You are right that Hezbollah does not have the support of all factions in Lebanon, especially some Christian parties but it seems that the source of your information is Hezbollah opponents.

Implicating Hezbollah on all ill events faced by Lebanese, such as port explosion, financial crisis and assassination of Hariri is grave injustice to a party responsible for liberating parts of Lebanon occupied by Israel and is still the only power able to defend the country against foreign aggression, especially by Israel, with history of invading Lebanon whenever it wished.

Hezbollah under the leadership of Nasrallah with his wisdom and integrity managed to defuse many sectarian conflicts.

By loosing Nasrallah, Lebanon and Arab work lost one of the greatest and honest leaders in modern times.

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Actually no, I have no "sources of information" other than what I am observing all around me. Indeed, Hezbollah's retreat from tying a ceasefire in Lebanon to one in Gaza strongly indicates that the mood in the Shiite community itself is unhappy with the party's insistence on this connection, which much of Lebanese society shares. Regardless of what Hezbollah and Nasrallah did in the past, opening a southern front last year was a grave miscalculation that the party will probably spend many years paying a heavy price for. Thanks for your comment.

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Wonderful summary but how much public disapproval, or even animosity, will matter during war?

Calculations change, and right now Hezbollah will likely have a few qualms about anything short of armed resistance.

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