Ambitious Hezbollah

Once again Lebanon is in crisis. When is Lebanon not in crisis? Occasionally, when everyone thinks they've solved the most immediate problems and the Sunnis, the Christians and the Shi'ites are living together in an uneasy understanding of co-operation. At those times things seem good; expatriate Lebanese visit, see the quiet and order and think it might be possible to re-locate, come back to Lebanon, the beloved country of birth.

But then, there's Hezbollah. And then, there's Syria. And let's not forget Iran. The devil's triumvirate. Where would Hezbollah be without its sponsors, after all? Where would Syria be without its never-ending hopes to once again control Lebanon. Where would Iran's bolder aspirations to recognition of titular head of the Muslim world be without its tentacles here and there and everywhere; funding and training Hezbollah, reaching out to do the same with Hamas.

For the time being, a local focus on Lebanon. Sheik Nasrallah is doing his masters' bidding in engineering the hoped-for collapse of the current government of Lebanon, a working coalition representative of all its citizens; Druze, Christians, Sunnis, Shias. Terror-king Nasrallah, basking in his newfound fame, feels fairly cocky, calling on the Arab street for support.

What comes first in importance? Dealing in terror, mass murder, population annihilation? Or murky political one-upsmanship? Well, Sheik Nasrallah deals both equally. Thumbing his nose at the UN-mandated ceasefire obligations, Hezbollah will not only not be disarmed, it continues to build on its deadly armaments.

The better to attack you with once again, dear Israel.

In the meanwhile, Lebanon's government will crumble, Hezbollah will kindly take up the slack to deliver the country once more into Syria's greedy hands, and Iran will declare its satisfaction with its planned trajectory - right on target.