Hezbollah has enormous public support in all of the areas that they militarily occupy! Now that they’re a “legitimate political party,” look for the usual suspects to “suggest” that the Bush administration “be realistic” and negotiate with the terrorists. Also look for them to insist that electoral responsibility will force Hezbollah to “move into the mainstream” and “embrace the rule of law.” Also look for them to enthusiastically and determinedly ignore all the evidence to the contrary:
“All the south came out today to send a clear message to the Americans that they embrace the resistance (Hezbollah’s) weapons and that they are independent in their decision and they are not subservient to international resolutions,” Sheik Nabil Kaouk, Hezbollah’s commander in southern Lebanon, told reporters shortly after voting began in Sunday’s second phase of four-stage parliamentary elections.
Oh, those pesky international resolutions! How bad an Arab organization do you have to be for the UN to take the time to condemn you? And how much worse do you have to be to ignore them?
[Cross-posted on IsraPundit]
