Here’s how it works. Israel bombs Lebanon back to the Stone Age. The Bush administration supports this madness to the hilt. The war ends. A shaky truce is announced. Israel is the loser. Support for Hizbollah dramatically increases across the Arab and Muslim world. The US is rightly seen as a pariah for fully backing Israeli actions.
And now “US officials” are concerned that Hizbollah is leading the reconstruction effort. When will they ever learn?