Friday May 16, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

A high level delegation of the Arab League is in Lebanon right now.
Their mission is to convince Hezbollah to back down.
They want the situation in Lebanon to return to the status quo.

Which status quo? The status quo of before last week's flare up which threatens to spiral out of control and weaken and even destroy Lebanon as we know it.

The Secretary General of the Arab League, Amir Moussa, and the Prime Minister of Qatar have been meeting with Hezbollah leaders.

And what is the response of the deputy head of Hezbollah, Sheik Naim Kassem, to these leaders - he says he wants to return Lebanon to normal.

And what is normal for Hezbollah and Kassem?
Normal to them means returning Lebanon to the civil war of the 1980's.

Hezbollah really wants to intimidate the Lebanese government.

Hezbollah wants to control the Lebanese government through threats and intimidation. And that is exactly what has happened. This conflict erupted because the government squelched Hezbollah's independent phone system and took back the Beirut airport by sacking Hezbollah's Airport security chief.

And yesterday the Lebanese government voted to reinstate the airport chief and permit Hezbollah to run their own phone system.

Score another one for Hezbollah.

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