Israel is taking military action on three fronts, not two as is widely accepted.
They are going after Hamas, Hezbollah and Lebanon. The first two are vicious enemies of democracy where no U.N.-brokered cease-fire will hold. The third has a weak government whose military is significantly weaker than Hezbollah and would be defeated if sent against Hezbollah. They would blow the Lebanese army away.
Hamas and Hezbollah need to be destroyed, and Israel is making it happen. That's the bottom line.
I'm not too happy about Israel bombing civilian targets in Gaza and in Lebanon, but chances are good that a cease-fire will be worked out between the governments of Lebanon and Israel within a couple of weeks.
But the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel will continue indefinitely; southern Lebanon will become a no-man's land for the immediate future.
And after giving it a great deal more thought, I do think that the Lebanese government is hoping that Hezbollah gets taken off the Lebanese map so that the democratically elected government of Lebanon can get down to the business of establishing control over all of Lebanon, and not just the north and central parts of the country.
They don't need the Iranians and Syrians sticking their noses into Lebanese business through Hezbollah either. Peace will be easier to achieve without Hezbollah being around to screw things up.
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