Punishing Lebanon, not just Hezbollah, risks entrenching the militant group and turning the Lebanese people against Israel.
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Lebanon’s political landscape shifts as Nabih Berri hedges against Hezbollah’s instability to preserve Shia influence and institutional survival through strategic maneuvering.
Lebanese courting of Israel continues a pre-resistance history of sectarian collaboration predating Palestinian arrival and Hezbollah.
Lebanon talks demand Hezbollah dismantlement while Israeli strikes erode state capacity to enforce it.
Iran war confirms regime resilience and Hormuz leverage but exposes critical US assumption failures.
Audience costs and political survival, not military logic, drive Netanyahu’s unachievable war in Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel talks reassert state sovereignty but face Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm or comply.
Communal Shiite fear, not Tehran’s command, is regenerating the Axis of Resistance from below.
Incoherent strategic goals and the “credibility trap” of maximalist rhetoric threaten to transform tactical military victories into a long-term strategic failure.
Abu Dhabi’s offensive against Iranian financial networks provides a powerful new tool for U.S. sanctions to degrade Tehran’s regional proxy capabilities.