Been watching the BBC and CBC today, seeing Hezbollah members passing out usefully large sums of U. S. dollars to rebuild homes in southern Beirut and in several towns in south Lebanon, and manning heavy equipment to clear rubble in preparation for rebuilding. Not only have the Israelis failed to remove Hezbollah from southern Lebanon, but, as apparently few here wish to admit, the Lebanese in the southern part of Beirut and the southern part of the country, mostly Shia, are Hezbollah supporters and contribute to the militias. To remove Hezbollah, one must remove the people.
The Hezbollah are no small band of terrorists, but an important part of the Lebanese people.
The Lebanese army, which includes many Hezbollah members, refuses to disarm their brothers.
I am afraid that lack of support will cause the UN to be an ineffective means of separating combatants, and that hostilities will continue.

The United States must learn to negotiate with peoples of the Middle East other than the Zionists of Israel. Bush has only succeeded in bringing death and destruction to the Middle East through his ignorance and that of his cronies.