Sensing the charged political atmosphere, Hizballah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah tried to allay the concerns of the anti-Syrian March 14 coalition.

At the heart of these concerns are interconnected questions about the nature and mission of the international force that would police the Lebanon-Israel border pursuant to a diplomatic resolution of the conflict and whether Hizballah would employ its вЂњprojected victoryвЂќ in a postconflict Lebanon to change the political equation. But as the government of Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora tried to come up with a ceasefire plan, these concerns evolved into sharp disputes threatening the collapse of the government. Hizballah leaders brushed aside these concerns as untimely and divisive at a time when the country is under attack. They are also preparing for a political comeback in a postconflict Lebanon by riding the wave of the victory Hizballah is sure to claim whatever the outcome-a supposed triumph that in reality will be at best a Pyrrhic victory.ДЇrom the time the hostilities erupted between Hizballah and Israel on July 12, following a cross-border Hizballah attack on Israeli soldiers, LebanonвЂ™s political parties have attempted to sound out a reformed relationship between Hizballah and the state. As Lebanon plunges deeper into ruin and chaos as a result of HizballahвЂ™s вЂњgang warвЂќ tactics against IsraelвЂ™s expanded military campaign to degrade the power of the Islamist party, Hizballah, Syria, and its allies in Lebanon are devising plans to subvert an international agreement on a multinational force to guard the Israel-Lebanon border.

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