tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post115424700484942753..comments2024-03-29T05:14:33.223-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Are demographics dragging the IDF down?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8711602208057664152007-11-10T04:37:00.000-08:002007-11-10T04:37:00.000-08:00dunno if it's still of interest to you but it's no...dunno if it's still of interest to you but it's not that clear that the shias are winning the demographic race in lebanon ... in fact i remember <A HREF="http://jehasnail.blogspot.com/2007/01/demographics-ahoy.html" REL="nofollow">this thread</A> on a lebanese blog that claimed that it's the sunnis ... a lebanese blogger on a visit to israel also expressed worries about the poor and demographically active sunni north ...<BR/><BR/>in fact i suspect the shias were generally stigmatized into something they are not .. the shia islam is way more open and reformist that the sunni one .. iran was the second or third country in the region that hit sub replacement fertility ... so it's possible that the shia and christian fertility rates are indeed converging across lebanon as some people maintain ... <BR/><BR/>and by the way it's wrong to say that the sunnis in lebanon are supported by no one .. they are actually supported by anybody in the region who is not iran and syriaNobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952955021226297401noreply@blogger.com