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The Next Fight: Who'll Rebuild Lebanon?

Somalia/United Arab Emirates - With the cessation of hostilities and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the south, the role of Hezbollah has been greatly diminished. The future of the group, however, hinges not on its arms, but on...

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MK:

Mr. Goth, seems like a guardian of the western policies int eh region -- reading his columns feel like I am reading the editorial page of Washington Times. His views are not balanced or objective. He is looking at the issues with only one angle.
Useless opinions!

mk:

When discussing Lebanon, or the Palestinian territories, or any country in the Middle East region, or the whole wide world we always at some point, the earlier the better, come back to the very basics of human (co)existence - to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, endorsed by all parties, stating that

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(Article 1)
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

(Article 2)
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

(Article 3)
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

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A simple and affirmative message of nations and individuals in the aftermath of the WWII, a legacy so easily overthrown for national, political or business interests by the bold and powerful, by those armed from top 'til toe, by those spreading fear and destruction indiscriminately, by those who count one of their 'own' to be worth and tradeable for millions of 'others'.

The United States - with its allies - have embarked upon a war without a beginning and without an ending (there are no causes ever to be met) and will have perpetuously to fight enemies of their own breeding and own kin.

There is no peace, until there is peace on the ground and in the hearts and minds of the people, not until all hostilities have ceased, all armies disarmed.

All different, all equal.

Joshua Rodd:

As others have posted here, its vital to disarm the Hizbollah militia to protect both Israel and Lebanon itself. How the UN or any other group will accomplish this remains to be seen. I haven't seen any realistic options on the table so far.

Keeping this in mind, it's important to recognize that Hizbollah's strengths are not just military and that Hizbollah must also be disarmed socially and politically. The militia's rash and illegal actions led to terrible consequences for Lebanon, yet its defiance of Israel has led to an outpouring of support for Hizbollah. Allowing Hizbollah to lead the reconstruction will only solidify this support. The US should act quickly to aid Lebanon's civilians in Beirut and in the South. Not only is humanitarian aid a moral imperative, it will undermine Hizbollah's efforts to build its reputation as a protector of Lebanese interests.

rk:

One of many debates going on in America has to do with the idea of
letting Iraq split into 3 smaller countries consisting of Sunnis, Shiites, & Kurds. It occurs to me that a variation of that same debate
could be applied to Lebanon. I just
don't see the Shiites, Sunnis, & Christians there ever getting together to
sing Kumbaya. It's a country cobbled
together by Europeans for interests
of their own and practically
ungovernable.

Joe:

Hizbollah has been a cancer growing and overshadowing the lebanese democratic and political process. They are the only group in lebanon who kept their weapons after the lebanese civil war ended and they are using their terror to prevent the re-establishment of democracy in Lebanon and push the lebanese society towards a more fundamentalist islamic direction. If hizbollah is kept unchecked, a few years from now they will fully dominate lebanon and turn it into a satellite of Iran. The Christians of Lebanon will end up emigrating, and the Sunnis and Druzes will be forced into submission. The only solution to the lebanese problem is to fully disarm hizbollah and prevent it from fullfilling its long term plans. Effective rebuilding of lebanon will not occur until hizbollah is marginalized.

Shalom Freedman:

It is clear that there will be a focus now on rebuilding. But that does not mean that Hizbollah will not too be focused on re-arming and trying to re-establish this situation where it can sit on Israel's border, and from time to time fire rockets at it, engage in violence of other kinds, including cross- border raids. This does not mean that Hizbollah will not be building a military option to help Iran should there be hostitlies in which Iran is involved.
The U.N. mandate is to prevent this kind of situation from coming about again, to keep Hizbollah from Israel's border, to keep it from being re-armed.
Is the implication of this piece that no one takes the U.N. seriously? that its resolutions are window- dressing only?
The U.N. force may not be able to pull every R.P.G. from the hands of Hizbollah but its duty is to prevent it operating again as a military force on the border of Israel.
It is to be hoped( I admit faintly) that some of the nations which contribute to the U.N. force will understand the true meaning of the mandate, and act accordingly.

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