ROUND 2

"Hizballah terrorists killed 220 American Marines, 18 sailors, and 3 soldiers on 23 October 1983 by driving a bomb-laden truck into their barracks in Beirut. America then retreated from Lebanon, its tail between its legs. Hizballah and Iran—the nation that created Hizballah and still arms, funds, and supplies it—won that round. The two—and Syria, which supports both Hizballah and Hamas—are now in the warmup stage for the next round... What is happening now in Israel and Lebanon is the direct result of our failure for more than 20 years, and the Israelis' failure, to prosecute this war decisively. What happens next depends on what we do now."

—Jed Babbin