It starts with a country that lacks control on the guerilla forces within its boundaries.
The Lebanese government does not control the Hezbollah. The Hezbollah practically rules Southern Lebanon and is widely credited for Israel’s withdrawal from Southern Lebanon in 2000, earning itself mass popularity among the Lebanese. Its “civilian” wing is a minority party in government, whilst its “military” wing operates missiles and drones.
And so when Hezbollah’s military wing decides to kidnap two Israeli soldiers on July 12 to use them as pawns for a prisoner exchange, they set up the beginning of a new Israel-Lebanon crisis taking place right now.
The beautiful country that is Lebanon is now suffering for what its guerilla forces have brought upon it. Israel has the perfect excuse to bomb the whole country. Again.
Where is the line drawn between an Israeli state that has to defend itself, a Lebanese state that has prisoners of an unjust war rotting in jails in Israel and governments that have abdicated in the face of a powerless Security Council hijacked by the US?
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