I am honoured to have been invited to join Colonel Christopher T. Mayer and Doug Brooks to discuss ‘Is Hizballah a Mercenary Organization?’.
It is an interesting discussion.
Colonel Christopher T. Mayer has an impressive background and experience. His website, The Ancient Art of Modern Warfare, is worth a visit.
Is Hizballah a Mercenary Organization? (E141)
The common definition of a mercenary is a soldier paid to fight in an armed conflict for a country that is not his or her own. The terrorist organization Hizballah operates in Lebanon, fighting against Israel, with financial, material and organizational support from Iran, and frequently under the direction of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. Under the common definition, could Hizballah be considered mercenaries fighting for Iran? Royce de Melo, Doug Brooks, and I discuss this question in this episode of the Ancient Art of Modern Warfare.
Podcast Link: https://mayhemxpc.podbean.com/e/is-hizballah-a-mercenary-organization-e141
–RdM
I believe Hezbollah is a state within a state. It operates internally with impunity as well as externally with businesses and supporters on many international levels. The illicit drug trade is their biggest earner to support the size of its organization and all its supporters with Iran’s assistance.
Do they have mercenaries in there mist, very probable, depending on where they conduct business.
I agree with most of what you say, John.
Except that they have mercenaries per se. There are Afghan and Pakistani Shia, left overs from the Syrian Civil War, in their ranks, including Iraq and Syrian Shia, but the reasons for them being there is more ideological, I believe.