US military assistance to Lebanon

""...a U.S. Department of Defense official said that the United States does not provide assistance to Lebanon without “considering the concerns of Israel and Israel's qualitative edge,” adding that U.S. military aid to the LAF is designed to “strengthen the army domestically, not regionally” and that M60 tanks would be “no match” for Israel's Merkava 4 tanks."" Casey Addis, U.S. Security Assistance to Lebanon, Congressional Research Service, April 1, 2009. (thanks Andrew)