Wednesday, July 26, 2006

"The goal seems to have been to weaken and intimidate Hezbollah while forcing the Lebanese government and army to act. If so, the end results are likely to be just as strategically self-destructive as Sharon’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and attempts to create a Maronite-dominatedpartner. Going too far turned a victory against the Palestinians into permanent Shi’ite hostility and gave birth to Hezbollah."