US pushes Lebanon towards dangerous course of disarming Hezbollah | William Christou
by William Christou in Beirut from on (#6Z5P0)
There are fears that pressure for quick results is threatening the Lebanese effort to gradually build a stronger state
Under mounting US pressure, Lebanon's government is being forced into a dangerous choice. Does it want to fight a war with Israel or does it want to fight a war at home, with Hezbollah?
In recent weeks, the US has been pushing for the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah. The government had already been moving in that direction, but not at the pace the US wanted. Lebanese media began to fill with warnings from unnamed sources that if Hezbollah's arms were not confiscated soon, a second war with Israel could be on the horizon.
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