Hezbullah Takeover Lebannon

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As I understand it, the situation in Lebanon is complex.  BUT, in general, the Syrian/Iranian forces are Shiite forces and the government is "everyone else" including the Sunni forces.

Lebanon itself breaks out
Muslim 58%, Christian 38% , other 4%

I didn't find any data on Shiite/Sunni %, so perhaps I am off base.  There are a lot more Christians than I thought.  As I indicated above, I do not have a good feel for what's going on there and over simplified in response to the simplified comments.

Per Iraq, it is 3% "Christian and other" religions and 97% Muslim. So i feel confident in my assertion that religion differences within Islam is the primary driver there.

Unfortunately, in the Middle East the melting pot model doesn't work very well.  Jews - Muslims.  Muslims & Christians. Or Muslims & different Muslims just don't seem to mix well.  The only stable places have a majority of one and do their best to exclude all others and/or keep them at such a minority as to not be a threat.  Then, just for fun, throw in nationalism, tribalism, and some long simmering vendettas...  maybe oil is really formed by blood filtered through sand?