After the Israel-Lebanon war is over...(Part deux)

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The Economist (no link, sorry):

Lebanon's prime minister is in a fix. Lebanese patriotism obliges him to celebrate Mr. Nasrallah's great victory. But most of the coalition government over which he presides wants to seize the opportunity, enshrined in [U.N. Resolution] 1701 (and made possible by Israel's deplorable bombs), to turn Lebanon into a normal country, not one in which Iran and Syria maintain the Hizbullah fief.

Good luck with that. The Lebanese Army is toothless, the UN mandate to disarm Hezballah is a non-starter, Israel is licking its wounds and the US government is AWOL. Looks like Lebanon will be, again, a puppet state and possibly vulnerable to another civil war.

Hey Seniora -- was it worth it, making nice with terrorists?

(HT to Slate)