The fighting may be over, but conflict in Lebanon is still going strong. Two experts discuss proxy wars and regional ramifications of the crisis.
Just as the Lebanese must adjust to a severely altered landscape within their country, the United States must also adapt to the Middle East's transformed geopolitical landscape.
Olmert's weapon certainly did cause massive destruction in Lebanon, and with noted precision, wreaked havoc upon its return to sender.
The powerful, all-but-paralyzing myth of Israeli and U.S. military invincibility lies in smoking ruins—with Al-Qaeda rising strengthened from the ashes.
The summer war erupted and escalated due to the miscalculations of its protagonists, Nasrallah and Olmert-weakening both. It shifted the focus from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to confronting a "quartet of extremism."