[Jerusalem Post] Barry Rubin - At present, Hizbullah and its sponsors seek not the full conquest of Lebanon but to control the government by violence and intimidation. They want veto power over the government to ensure it does nothing they dislike: no strong relations with the West, no ability to stop war against Israel, no disarming Hizbullah militias or challenging its control over much of the country, and certainly no investigation of Syrian involvement in internal terrorism there.
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