Hezbollah has spent the last few months desperately searching for an excuse to drag Israel and Lebanon into another war. And wouldn't you know it, they found one so good that they're openly bragging about how they're going to commit genocide against millions of Jews:

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Monday told tens of thousands of supporters in Beirut that Israel could be eliminated and that the prowess of its army had been exaggerated by "Zionist-American propaganda." "The Zionist entity can be wiped out of existence," Nasrallah said in his address via video link, referring to Israel. "Our nation is stronger now than ever before," he added. Nasrallah's speech was broadcast live at a rally marking the end of the 40-day mourning period for slain Hezbollah military chief Imad Mughniyah, who was assassinated in a car bombing in Damascus last month... Nasrallah also renewed his vow to retaliate for the death of Mughniyah. "The one who killed our commander must be punished. The killers must be punished and they will be punished, God willing," Nasrallah said, drawing cheers from the crowd. "We will choose the time, place and manner of punishment."

Technically his nation is weaker than ever but that just means that the Hezbollah-controlled international media will get better photos. Broadcasting pictures of "disproportionate" Israeli battlefield victories - it's apparently next best thing to crowing like idiots about Israeli battlefield defeats.

Isn't it weird how Israel's execution of Mughniyah has thrown Hezbollah into a blind genocidal rage? Because for years sophisticated foreign policy elites glibly repeated Hezbollah's propaganda about how there was no connection between the Lebanese "resistance" group and Iran's favorite arch-terrorist. Guess they got that wrong. Which is also weird, since this was a huge and really obvious relationship - and they're supposed to be objective experts.

References:
* Hezbollah Now Threatening To Start War To Protect Drug Dealers, Petty Criminals [MR]
* Nasrallah: The Zionist entity can be wiped out of existence [Ha'aretz]
* Meanwhile, Lebanon Is Kind Of Going To Hell - Good Job, State Department! [MR]
* Journalism Expert: Hezbollah Established Total Media Control By Threatening, Attacking Reporters [Video] [MR]
* Olmert: Hezbollah Got Trounced [MR]
* Obligatory Post About Iran's "Hezbollah Radiation Will Destroy Israel" Threat (Plus: Mugniyah Assassination Dramatically Demonstrates Absurdity Of Liberal Foreign Policy Sophistication) [MR]

Previously:
* Multiple Hezbollah Terror Strikes Set To Go Off This Weekend? (Plus: Arab World Ready To Cut Off Assad?)
* UN Peacekeepers Leaking Israeli Intel To Hezbollah
* Hezbollah Probably Lost the War, But They May Never Have Been In It To Win