Kuntar is a symbol of resistance

Submitted by Gary H. Johnson, Jr. (United States), Jul 24, 2008 at 13:57

Kuntar's release is not the story. The story is the legitimacy of the resistance effort of Hezbollah which has brought about the trade of two dead Israeli soldiers for 5 living criminals and the bodies of 199 Lebanese Jihadi Resistance fighters. Nasrallah has achieved one spectacular reality over and over - and that reality is the creation of a common denominator to Unite Lebanon.

The common denominator is the hatred of the Zionist Regime and it is the main uniting force in Lebanese Nationalism at present. When enmity is your unifying element, your outlook necessitates Symbols. Kuntar is a symbol of that hatred for the Zionist Regime that runs thicker than blood through Lebanese consciences.

No one seems to focus on the fact that these two dead Israeli soldiers were kidnapped in a military ambush that started a war that lasted for 33 days. No one seems to question the legitimacy of Hezbollah's actions of ambushing a military convoy and kidnapping two soldiers to hold for ransom - a ransom which has just been paid by Israel. There is no fundamental difference between the actions of Hezbollah and the actions of the barbary pirates in the early 1800s which brought a war of US retaliation.

The interesting reality of this Kuntar Symbol is that he is not just a symbol of hatred, he is now a symbol of Hezbollah's resistance. International Legitimacy is Hezbollah's aim...it is still in question...for the legitimacy of Hezbollah inside Lebanon has been largely accepted.

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