Radio War Nerd EP92—Hezbollah-Israel War, with Amal Saad

Guest: Amal Saad, author & professor On the 11th anniversary of the pivotal 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, the War Nerd talks to one of the great scholars on Hezbollah, Amal Saad—author of "Hizbu'llah: Politics and Religion" and professor of political science at the Lebanese University in Beirut. Hezbollah is perhaps the most powerful resistance movement in the world, and it remains a mystery to outsiders in the West. Hezbollah's victory in the 2006 war shocked Israel, the US and the world. We discuss the war, its effect on Lebanon politics, Hezbollah's role in the Syria and how it's helped or hurt them, and the history and politics of Hezbollah... Here are some useful maps of the 2006 war: Map link here Map link here Map link here Map link here Afterwards, Ames and the War Nerd discuss one of the topics raised by Amal Saad — western leftists who fetishize the Syrian Salafist rebels... Amal Saad is author of "Hizbu'llah: Politics and Religion"; she's published in Open Democracy, Foreign Affairs, and Al-Akhbar. Recommended reading for this show: Amal Saad article on Hezbollah strategy, "The Hizbollah project: last war, next war"