Lebanese Christians have joined just about everybody else in the region in blasting Hezbollah for its role in the Syrian conflict, and for dragging Lebanon into the now two and a half year conflict. Veteran Lebanese politician Samir Geagea made the point a few weeks ago:
The LF leader said that the only reason Hezbollah is engaged in the battles in Syria is out of fear that the Syrian regime would collapse. “Hezbollah knows that if the Syrian regime is toppled, it will become weaker in Lebanon and so will the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Geagea also criticized Nasrallah for claiming that the Lebanese state is a weak sectarian state, arguing that Hezbollah was the reason why the state remained weak following the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon. “Since 2006, Hezbollah has been controlling the state of Lebanon and today it is saying that this state is not functional because it is a sectarian state,” he said.
Geagea is a Maronite Christian and a key figure in the anti-Hezbollah, anti-Syrian March 14th Movement. His sentiments, however, reflect the consensus of Christians inside Lebanon:
Within Lebanon, which presumably has the most at stake in the possible spread of the Syrian conflict, opinion is divided among the three largest religious groups. About nine-in-ten Shia (89%) see Hezbollah favorably while 94% of Sunnis – whose sympathies in the Middle East tend to reside with the Syrian rebels – regard Hezbollah unfavorably. Six-in-ten of the Christian population have an unfavorable view of Hezbollah. (Shias and Sunnis each comprise about 27% of the population, while Christians account for 41%).
The CIA estimates that Christians make up roughly 39% of Lebanon.