UPDATED: LEBANESE GOV'T HAND IN HAND WITH HEZBOLLAH

HEZBOLLAH IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON, WITH MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND THE CABINET. IT APPEARS THAT LEBANON'S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER IS ALSO NEGOTIATING WITH THE U.S. ON BEHALF OF HEZBOLLAH.

MEMRI REPORTS THAT HEZBOLLAH HAD INFORMED LEBANESE POLITICAL LEADERS THAT IT PLANNED TO ABDUCT ISRAELI SOLDIERS.

AS YOU'LL RECALL, LEBANESE TROOPS ARE PREPARED TO FIGHT ALONGSIDE HEZBOLLAH AND THEIR LEADERS ARE IN IN CLOSE CONSULTATION.

Lebanon Is Not Innocent - David Horowitz
Critics of Israel's defensive war against Islamic terrorists are calling on Israel to cease its fire and leave the Hizballah aggressors intact. Since Israel had no role in starting this war, this is like blaming the Allies for the damage inflicted on Germany in World War II. But the very idea that Lebanon is an innocent bystander in the war against Israel won't wash. Lebanon is host to the terrorist aggressor which has sworn to eliminate Israel and its Jews from the face of the earth. Hizballah is part of the Lebanese government, occupying two cabinet positions and seats in its parliament.

If the Lebanese government had enforced UN Resolution 1559 which calls on it to disarm all militias on its territory, there would be no war and no Lebanese civilian casualties. Instead the Lebanese government allowed Hizballah to build its headquarters and underground bunkers in the populated neighborhoods of Beirut, and import 13,000 missiles to be fired into Israel's cities and towns. (FrontPageMagazine)