Nicholas Kristof ($link) and others repeat the mantra that somehow Hezbollah was on its way our of power in Lebanon and that Israel will not only prevent this dynamic from playing out but will further strengthen Hezbollah. He fails to point out that Hezbollah had two Cabinet seats in the Lebanese government, had been willfully arming and mobilizing its terrorists for years, had also sent missiles and terrorists across the border into Israel to kill people. All without any restrictions from Lebanese government. And now Hezbollah openly boasts that it had informed government leaders that it intended to kidnap Israeli soldiers.. Of course, he also says relative peace reigned when Israel refrained from defending itself. But attacks continued at an accelerating pace. Hezbollah also was busy during those years of "quiet" arming itself, builing underground bunkers, brainwashign Muslim children, and training its terrorists. If all this doesn't refute the myth that Hezbollah was on...(Read Full Post)