Charles Krauthammer …

Charles Krauthammer once again nails it. The Lebanese, regardless of religion, don’t want Hezbollah to continue to own south Lebanon. But Lebanon itself is too weak to evict them.

The road to a solution is therefore clear: Israel liberates south Lebanon and gives it back to the Lebanese.

It starts by preparing the ground with air power, just as the Gulf War began with a 40-day air campaign. But if all that happens is the air campaign, the result will be failure. Hezbollah will remain in place, Israel will remain under the gun, Lebanon will remain divided and unfree. And this war will start again at a time of Hezbollah and Iran’s choosing.

And a cease-fire at this point in time may embolden Hezbollah in the same way that Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon did. Land for peace simply does not work with these guys. It never has.

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