HEZBOLLAH

Hezbollah vows to pay for rebuilding
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... "[Hezbollah leader] Hassan Nasrallah said on ... "Hezbollah has a lot of credibility," said Hussein Darwish, the mayor of Naqora and a Hezbollah supporter. ...

Hezbollah ... those great humanitarians. By the way, where does Hezbollah get the money to do this? Hmmmm?

By golly. Not only is Hezbollah a great humanitarian organization, but they are efficient and a shining example that all NGO's would aspire to be like if you believe the Huffington Post, New York Times and the Washington Post.

Nonetheless, we do have great expectations.

US expects Beirut to disarm Hezbollah
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... The White House said on Wednesday that it would ultimately be up to the Lebanese government, with UN backing, to make sure that Hezbollah is disarmed and that ...

Yeh, like that's gonna' happen. Oh, wait. Let's look at this next story:

Lebanon Skirts Issue of Hezbollah's Arms
Forbes - USA
... the Lebanese army south of the Litani River starting the next day, a key demand of the cease-fire that halted 34 days of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. ...

Gee. Could it be that I am right? What happens if they don't disarm (and they won't)? Will Israel tolerate this. Probably not. At least they shouldn't. Predictably.......

Israel warns of renewed operations unless Hezbollah disarm ...
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... would resume operations in Lebanon if a United Nations force being assembled to deploy in the south of that country did not disarm Hezbollah guerrillas, ....

So, where do things stand now? Well, there is A vacuum in Lebanon, and Hezbollah fills it .... returned over broken roads to shattered apartments in the south, it increasingly seems that the beneficiary of the destruction is most likely to be Hezbollah. ...

Remind me again. What is the purpose of a cease fire?