If I had a dime for every “lasting peace” agreement in the Middle East, I would be able to retire in luxury. Al Jazeera.Net includes a bonus picture of all powerful Green Helmet Man in a charming ensemble that includes gloves but no orange vest, which is good, because orange is so last season.
Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, said that the UN text should “open a path to lasting peace between Lebanon and Israel that will end the suffering and violence of this past month”.
I suspect that lasting peace will come to Lebanon when Hizballah and their backers are crushed by overwhelming force so that they no longer have the ability to make war.