Thomas Friedman on the Lebanon crisis:
Hezbollah and Iran are like a couple of rich college students who rented Lebanon for the summer, as if it were a beach house. "Come on, let's smash up the place," they said to themselves. "Who cares? Dad will pay!" The only thing Nasarallah didn't say to the Lebanese was "Hey, keep the change."
Comments:
- I am not clear how "a certain amount of money for every family to rent for one year, plus buy furniture for those whose homes were totally destroyed" translates to $3 billion, when the total number of families "number 15,000".
- Hezbollah is a 100% local resistance, who do not simply visit Lebanon on vacation. As Seema Mustafa points out, they stand shoulder to shoulder with those providing relief to the affected families. If the Lebanese don't really support Hezbollah, don't you think they would have asked Hezbollah to cease and desist their activities long ago?
