[wqaatwt]

> Christian majority

They had less children, there was a a massive influx of Palestinians and it was much easier for Christian Lebanese to migrate to other countries?

The civil war was pretty brutal and both sides committed some horrible atrocities.

[YZF]

Much easier as in otherwise they'll suffer material and bodily harm? Look at what the Syrians are doing to the Alawites now and then tell me again how Israel should just let those same people have the power in this balance.

[wqaatwt]

I’m not sure what you’re implying?

> tell me again

I never told you any such thing. Nor did I defend or express support for Hezbollah or other islamist terrorist organization. That does not mean that during the civil war the Christian side were the good guys.

> Much easier as in otherwise

No, much as easier as in it was historically easier for them to get asylum in western countries.

[YZF]

I'm implying you are painting the wrong picture about Lebanon. This is a story of a state which was established as a safe haven for Christians being taken over by force and ethnic cleansing of Christians and Jews. I'm not saying the Christians didn't have their share of bad actions (by western standards) but if I had to pick who are the good guys I'd still pick them.

"In the 1960s Lebanon was relatively calm, but this soon changed. Fatah and other Palestinian Liberation Organization factions had long been active among the 400,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanese camps. Throughout the 1960s, the center for armed Palestinian activities had been in Jordan. They were forced to relocate after being evicted by King Hussein during the 1970 Black September in Jordan. Fatah and other Palestinian groups attempted to mount a coup in Jordan by incentivizing a split in the Jordanian army, something that the ANM had attempted to do a decade earlier by Nasser's bidding. Jordan responded, and expelled the Palestinian forces into Lebanon. When they arrived, they created "a State within the State". This action was not welcomed by the Lebanese government, and this shook Lebanon's fragile sectarian balance.

Solidarity with the Palestinians was expressed by the Lebanese Sunni Muslims, with the aim to change the political system from one of consensus amongst different sects, towards one where their power share would increase. Certain groups in the Lebanese National Movement wished to bring about a more secular and democratic order, but as this group increasingly included Islamist groups, encouraged to join by the PLO, the more progressive demands of the initial agenda was dropped by January 1976. Islamists did not support a secular order in Lebanon and wished to bring about rule by Muslim clerics. " - Wikipedia

"During the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), an estimated 120,000 people were killed, and almost a million people fled Lebanon, with Christian casualties being a significant part of that total." -> Gemini (some estimates put the number at 150,000)

A million people were displaced, again mostly Christians. 2/3rd of the population.

You'd think the Muslim Lebanese could just have easily moved to Syria, or to Turkey, or other Muslim or Arab countries. I don't see how the argument that the Christians just left because it was "easy" for them to get asylum in western countries holds water.

Hezbollah didn't exist for most (or all) of the civil war in Lebanon. Not sure why we're talking about Hezbollah. The PLO wasn't really an "islamist terror organization" either.