The focus is now on what went wrong. Why was Israel unable to defeat Hezbollah outright?What are the ramifications for peace? What was achieved by a war that claimed more than 1,000 dead and left tens of thousands homeless?

Far from being destroyed, Hezbollah has arguably emerged from the war stronger and more influential in a weakened and destabilized Lebanon, which can now be more easily manipulated by the real architects of the conflict, Syria and Iran.

The fighting in Lebanon may be far from over, the UN-imposed ceasefire more a pause than a peace."This morning, when the ceasefire goes into effect, we begin the countdown to the next war in Lebanon," declared an editorial in the Israeli newspaper Maariv yesterday.

Hezbollah won't disarm. Of course, that is a term of the cease fire, and if/when they violate it and fuck with the UN, they may bring the entire world down on lebanon.