Radio War Nerd EP #92* [REPOST]—2006 Hezbollah-Israel War, with Amal Saad

Guest: Amal Saad, author & professor * Originally posted July 12, 2017Reposting the War Nerd's  interview with Hezbollah scholar Amal Saad, author of "Hizbu'llah: Politics and Religion" and professor of political science at the Lebanese University in Beirut — recorded on the 11th anniversary of the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel. 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...This open free repost of episode 92 comes courtesy of our Radio War Nerd subscribers, who make our weekly podcast possible. Freedom isn't free, and neither is Radio War Nerd...Sign up here on the patreon page for the Radio War Nerd podcast, the newsletter, the RSS feed, and more...