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Wednesday, November 23, 2005


Another Letter From Israel


The Lebanese government is failing miserably in the propaganda war


You know that your government is failing in its propaganda war when your enemy starts using your own message against you. (This is the second time Israel does so)

If Mr. Seniora had been saying all these things since the beginning, Israel wouldn’t have dared to write that leaflet. But because our government ignored the propaganda war, many Lebanese are now put in an awkward position of finding their opinions voiced in a piece of paper thrown on us like dogs by Israel. Talk about adding insult to injury.

My Friend Jose-wales from Lebanonesque said it best in his comments on my previous post.
[Hezbollah] are framing the debate or lack thereof. Their opponents have to turn the tables around.
When they say "US slave", say "Iranian/Syrian slave".
When they say "resistance" say "sovereignty and security of the people and nation".
They say "Shebaa" tell em to go to Syria and get us the paper work.
When they say "fight Israel", say "open the Golan front".
Better yet, say those things before they open their mouths. Let them respond, put them on the defensive.
I hope it's not too late now. Hezbollah has pre-empted us , no matter what we now say, they'll say that we're talking like Israel!