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Members of an organization that shoots missiles over international borders and stockpiles arms cannot be called civilians.

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That would apply to Americans and Israelis too.

I'm not a member of any American military or political organization that takes any kind of military action.

If you are part of the American electorate (including a voter who is eligible but choosing to abstain out of protest or indifference) you are part of a political organization that chooses military action.

That's fine if you think that, but I hope you know that your position is not common at all.

I was born an American. Hezbollah is a group you have to choose to join. Accidents of birth and conscious choices to join a group with a violent ideology and a history of acting on it are so different, I find it hard to believe you would actually equate them.

Hezbollah is more akin to joining the KKK or Weather Underground.

If you're registered to vote, you are. Congrats.

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