François May's Factphobia.com

When Syria abandoned Lebanon under pressure, I warned that it would obviously lead to a replay of when Lebanon was torn apart by what is called sectarian violence but what is really a set of disputes as to which Witch Doctor is right. Syria was keeping the peace in Lebanon even though it was exploiting it. Now Hezbollah is in control, unlodgeable by the so called Lebanese army and not a Syrian in sight to moderate them. Sure, Syria called for these acts of violence, but they would not have done so if they had still been in the country happily draining Lebanon’s treasury. Israel has nothing to loose by escalating. It is used to being hated and, frankly, my dear, it doesn’t give a dam. In fact it is the only policy that has a chance of eventually creating a somnolent peace among the exhausted populace. It is a small chance however since mutual distruction does not appear to be distasteful to either party. They did jump off a cliff, back in the day, didn’t they?