"Long before it crossed the borders to do battle for Assad,
Hezbollah had been contending with the burdens that came with too many
identities to match too much ambition by a formidable political party-cum-social
movement-cum-resistance-cum-army based in an embarrassingly silly state
pretending to represent a flagrantly sectarian country.
Considering these herculean responsibilities and the
lamentable state of its nemeses in this marvel of a Mediterranean enclave, I
would hazard that the Party of God is fairing much better than most of us are
willing to concede." (thanks Bassam)
