That question can't be given a meaningful answer without more context. It would be like asking, "Do you think German, Italian or Japanese citizens who took up arms during WW2 to expel the foreign U.S. invading military were patriots?" The governments of those three countries during WW2 would certainly have considered them patriots, but not the rest of the world. German, Italian and Japanese citizens who sought to turn back the invading U.S. forces weren't acting in the best interests of their countries or people; therefore, they weren't patriots in the true sense of the word. During WW2, U.S. forces invaded a number of countries to free them from fascism and give their people democratic governments. The purpose of the U.S. invasion was not conquest but liberation. Resisting liberation is not patriotism. Same-same with Israel and Lebanon. The IDF has invaded Lebanon to destroy Hezbollah, the terrorist proxy of the Iranian government. It's in the best interests of Lebanon and its people to let them get the job done.
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