May

7

Keep An Eye on Lebanon

by AmerPundit | 4:58 pm 

I’ve gotten 2 emails alerting me to the situation in Lebanon, which Noah Pollak covers superbly.

As things stand right now, members of Hezbollah are thugging their way through the streets of Beirut, setting fires, fighting, and dumping piles of dirt and trash in the roads in order to shut down the city. Most importantly, Hezbollah has closed the highway that connects Beirut to Lebanon’s major airport.

This was all ignited by the Lebanese government’s recent (and yes, necessary) actions to clean the place up. It dismissed the security chief of Beirut airport, who allowed Hezbullah to videotape the airport and monitor the activities. The Lebanese government also ordered an investigation into the telecommunications network Hezbullah has been building with the assistance of Iran.

Now Hezbullah considers Lebanon’s army as part of “the enemy”.

The flashpoint to watch is the airport road. Lebanon, like Israel, has only one major airport (although there is talk of quickly turning a smaller airport in the north into a functioning international hub), and its closure is debilitating and unacceptable. The Lebanese government faces the grave and immediate question of whether to capitulate to Hezbollah or to send troops to open the road, which Hezbollah has been covering with truckloads of landfill. Siniora says that his government will not back down; Hezbollah says that it now considers the Lebanese army as having “joined the enemy,” and might build a tent city on the airport road, just as it has done in downtown Beirut.

So as my post title suggests, keep an eye on Lebanon in the coming days/weeks. The situation is quickly heating up.


Reader Feedback

Please Note:The views expressed below do not necessarily represent the view of blog's owner. Simply because they're allowed to stand doesn't signify endorsement of the statement.

Feel Free to Leave Your Opinion, Too.

You must be logged in to post a comment.