David Kenner in FP on why Hizballah and the Syrians pretend that the Shebaa Farms are grounds for the presence of the parasitic IRGC-extension in Lebanon (hint: its in the last line):
...... Lebanon's anti-Hezbollah coalition was forced to abandon its agenda following Hezbollah's invasion of West Beirut and the Chouf, and now only exists as a shadow of its former self. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, once at the movement's vanguard, was obliged to confer with Hezbollah's ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, before arriving in Washington today. One of the coalition's other pillars, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, now describes support for Hezbollah as a "political and strategic requirement" and has recently begun attacking senior members of his own party for keeping ties open to the few remaining anti-Hezbollah figures.
... In 2001, Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir became one of the first major figures to call for the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon, a step that would have been impossible if Israel was still occupying the south. The patriarch would get his wish in 2005, following massive anti-Syrian protests. Lebanon's anti-Syrian coalition even won a majority in the May 2009 parliamentary election; its recent shift to accommodation of Hezbollah is not the result of conviction, but the militia's overwhelming military strength.
In the wake of the withdrawal's 10-year anniversary, the old partisans have recycled their old arguments. ... No serious voice in Israel calls for the reoccupation of a "security zone" in Lebanon. And, in its heart of hearts, Hezbollah must realize that its position would be more secure if there was still an Israeli enemy in Lebanon to demonize.
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