Of course Hezbollah does not have a plurality in Lebanon, although they do have a signifigant minority representation in the Lebanon Government. Indeed, the Hezbollah armed militia exist in defiance of the Lebanon Government.

I also don’t think you can find in my comment any advocacy for an invasion, although that may in time prove preferable to other choices. At this time, I would advocate putting more pressure on the U.N. force, perhaps with sufficient pressure they would change their mind. I would also advocate increased aid and training to the Lebanese government, and a clear message to Syria that continued meddling in Lebannon will not be tolerated.

However, if you have a better idea, I am all ears. How would your criminal justice solution deal with a psuedo-state embracing terror and rebuilding their rocket arsenal in Southern Lebanon? Present me with viable tactics and I will certainly take it serously.

So you’re advocating that the U.S. invade Lebanon? Seriously?

To establish a democracy, perhaps? Where a plurality of people could vote for oh, I don’t know … Hezbollah perhaps? or was all that stuff about democracy in the Arab world not really serious?

It took an outside force, Eliot Ness, to fight Capone in Chicago, because the local authorities had been subborned. A similar parrall applies with, for example, Hezbollah in Lebannon. No cop, and not even the Lebanese army, can ‘arrest’ them. The U.N. forces theoretically could, but it seems that they have little interest. (Although even that would be more ‘war’ then ‘criminal justice.’

Either they will continue their rule, or a military force will have to combat them. There is no other vialbe choice that I see.