By Michael J. Totten
| A taste of background as only Mr. Totten does it: |
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati--who was selected by Hezbollah as the country's premier--has resigned, bringing his cabinet and the government with him.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Since Hezbollah picked the prime minister, is it any great loss that he's gone?
Actually, maybe it is. Najib Mikati is not a Hezbollah member. And if the leaders of the Iranian-sponsored terrorist group thought they could use him as a tool, they were wrong, at least for the most part. They're the reason he got the job in the first place, but they're also--at least according to Reuters--the reason he quit.
Mikati has been pressing for Lebanese neutrality in the Syrian war, but Hezbollah wants Lebanon to side with Bashar al-Assad. What's the point of seizing power in Lebanon if Beirut won't back Hezbollah's allies in Tehran and Damascus? |
