The Daily Star’s Michael Young has tended to downplay the odds of a new civil war in Lebanon in the past. He’s not so sure any more. The good news, however, is that Hezbollah has not been doing too well lately:
The last six months have been a period of meltdown for Hizbullah. The party has been neutralized in the South, at least for the moment; its reputation in the Arab world lies in tatters because it is seen as an extension of Iran; domestically, Hizbullah is viewed more than ever as a menace to national coexistence and civil peace; few Lebanese, other than Hizbullah’s own, believe that its insistence on participating in the political process means respect for the latter’s rules, free from foreign interests; and none of Nasrallah’s political rivals trust him anymore.
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