It looks as if Hezbollah has succeeded in getting the Lebanese government to back down. The government was attempting to bring Hezbollah to heel by firing a pro-Hezbollah airport official and breaking up the organization’s phone network. These efforts led to violence and a near coup in Beirut, and demonstrated that Hezbollah is still the premier military player in Lebanon.
If only we’d allowed the 2006 war to go on a little bit longer, I’m sure that Hezbollah would have been completely crushed…
–Robert Farley
