I suppose the question is, is Rice doing this because she's been co-opted, or because she knows it's not going to have a great effect on Israeli actions, and it'll be an undeniable proof that Hezbollah doesn't want peace on any terms that aren't Israel's destruction, and that Lebanon's government and Hezbollah are currently synonymous (as they are, and as they arguably were at an effective level before this latest crisis, as Lebanon did not and could not take any action against them)?
If one wants Hezbollah out of Lebanon's government, the thinking might well be that the way to get them out is to make them unpopular in Lebanon, in a "Lebanon or Hezbollah, which will it be?" kind of way. It seems obvious that the alternative of expecting the Lebanese government to remove Hezbollah is not going to work.
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· 3 years ago
IS James Baker available for the job? ..The state Deparment need someone like him at th helm.
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If one wants Hezbollah out of Lebanon's government, the thinking might well be that the way to get them out is to make them unpopular in Lebanon, in a "Lebanon or Hezbollah, which will it be?" kind of way. It seems obvious that the alternative of expecting the Lebanese government to remove Hezbollah is not going to work.