Rod Dreher describes the way Syria resolved a problem with violent Islamists. As I said in a comment at The Dawn Patrol earlier, if Israel were really as ruthless as she is accused of being, these problems would have been "solved" long ago. As it is, Israel is in quite a bind, either allowing the enemy to continue little attacks while preparing bigger ones, or taking serious action and giving the enemy a propaganda victory. No doubt every Lebanese casualty is treasured by Hezbollah. Pre-TypePad