it sounds to me like these people tried to grab the guy because they didn't like how he looked and he defended himself. if that's what happened.

this story doesn't really add up. 

i'm not going to speculate further.

a few men approached the suspect and brought him to the centre's basement to speak with him

like, did they forcibly confine him to the basement? that's not legal in this country. i'd defend myself if somebody did that to me, too.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/man-arrested-chateauguay-mosque-attack-1.7329897

i understand that the political system in lebanon is impossibly dysfunctional and they have to redesign their constitution. however, that's a necessary but not a sufficient condition for lebanese self-determination.

as a very small country with a very strategic port, the lebanese have been constantly dealing with outside manipulation for decades. the israelis are probably the only actor in the region that will let them govern themselves, but they have to convince themselves that it's true.

i would like to see lebanon help israel rather than fight it and i want israel to try to make that happen. i admit i'm driven by a desire to correct mistakes in history. this is a single ethnic group that should be reconnected.

there's a saying about horses, water and drinking.

on some level this is pointless, but it's the correct tactic: just keep taking out the leaders. yes, they will be replaced. take them out, too.

a corollary of this approach of neutralizing hezbollah in lebanon rather than trying to take them on directly is that expelling hezbollah from lebanon also helps liberate the lebanese people from an increasingly brutal occupation, not just by iran, but by muslims more generally. the lebanese have essentially given up and accepted it. it's not clear that they're going to react immediately, but anything that gives the lebanese back their freedom is a net benefit to the area and really the planet.

this is a small area with an ancient history that has usually been a part of the west. lebanon is a country that potentially belongs in the european union. it deserves full self-determination.

https://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/israel-officials-say-entire-senior-command-of-hezbollah-eliminated-219810373786