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Hizballah and Hezbollah are different spellings of the same thing, with Hizballah probably being more accurate and the one regularly used by the US government.
by strictnein 10d ago
Hizballah and Hezbollah are different spellings of the same thing, with Hizballah probably being more accurate and the one regularly used by the US government.
- 13415 10d agoOh...the US government. That clarifies a lot...
- strictnein 9d agoIt clarifies what, exactly? That there are a myriad of spellings for a group whose name is originally in Arabic and couldn't care at all about how we spell it? I was just correcting the person who thought it was inaccurate to use the spelling "Hizballah". Are the Dutch more clarifying for you? https://pt.icct.nl/article/hizballah-africa https://pt.icct.nl/article/hizballah-africa Or how about the Brits? https://search-uk-sanctions-list.service.gov.uk/designations/CTI0032/Entity https://search-uk-sanctions-list.service.gov.uk/designations... A worldview of "America dumb" is a boring way to go through life, especially with topics about which you clearly have a very limited understanding.