Hizbullah Speaks With Nuance
UN cease-fire resolution 1701 states:
“full implementation of the relevant provisions of the Taif Accords, and of resolutions 1559 (2004) and 1680 (2006), that require the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, so that, pursuant to the Lebanese cabinet decision of July 27, 2006, there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese state”
Well, I guess it depends on the meaning of “disarmament:”
“Hizbullah will not hand over its weapons to the Lebanese government but rather refrain from exhibiting them publicly, according to a new compromise that is reportedly brewing between Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Seniora and Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah.”
And President Bush says “Hezbollah suffered a defeat in this crisis.”
If this is a “Hezbollah defeat,” I wonder what a victory would look like?
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Posted by Stop The ACLU Special Contributor on August 16, 2006 10:05 pm
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Actually it is a defeat. It is just not a total defeat. Hezbollah are looking at themselves as Lebanese and allowing Lebanon’s military in the south where they were not located before. They state they will not show their weapons. If they do not drill then their military skills determinate and the official Lebanese government will grow more powerful.
In the United States during the Civil War Lincoln use Antietam which was not a clear cut victory or loss to give an extra bump to the Emancipation Proclamation. The advance of politics does not require a total victory.