Unfortunitaly, this time, Nasrallah may be right. To a great extent, Hezbollah has won this battle. Hezbollah has succeeded in drawing Israel into a fight it did not want and which Israel was not willing to give its all to (politcally, that is.) Hezbollah has proven that it is not the push over rag tag army of previous wars . Hezbollah has probably solidified itself as the main political force in Lebanon. Hezbollah will probably rebuil southern Lebanon without the governments assistance. further endearing the people to them. Worse, Hezbollah will retain its weapons, its rockets, its launchers, and its ties to Iran and Syria.Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said Monday that his guerrillas achieved a "strategic, historic victory" against Israel a declaration that prompted celebratory gunfire across the Lebanese capital.
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Nasrallah said Hezbollah "came out victorious in a war in which big Arab armies were defeated (before)."
"We are today before a strategic, historic victory, without exaggeration," Nasrallah said. He spoke on the day a cease-fire took effect ending 34 days of deadly fighting between Hezbollah and Israel.
Nasrallah called Monday "a great day." Now was not the time to debate the disarmament of his guerrilla fighters, Nasrallah asserted. "Who will defend Lebanon in case of a new Israeli offensive?" he asked. "The Lebanese army and international troops are incapable of protecting Lebanon," he said, flanked by Lebanese and Hezbollah flags.
Hezbollah won a battle, not the war. The challenge now is for the U.N. to make sure that Hezbollah does not have a chance to rearm, retrain and reattack. If Hezbollah is allowed to resupply, they will only drag the people of Lebanon into another conflict in which more civillians will be killed and more property will be destroyed.
Unfortunitaly, I have no faith inthe United Nations' ability to control the region, or the U.N.'s desire to prevent Hezbollah's eventual resupply.
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