Striking a Syrian Pose?

[img caption=”Hezbollah officials present a Syrian envoy with an Israeli rifle. Right to left: Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah political advisor Hussein Khalil, chief of Syrian troops in Lebanon Gen. Hajjar, and Gen. Rustom Ghazali.” float=”right” width=”600″ height=”373″ render=”<%photoRenderType%>”]8862[/img] Beirut
THE LEBANESE militia-cum-political party Hezbollah has been called of a lot of things in its day. To Lebanon’s poorest citizens, the Shiite “Party of God” is commendable for its practice of stepping in to provide social services whenever Lebanon’s ever-fumbling government drops the ball. (The party’s roadside donation boxes are emblazoned with a pair of cupped hands reminiscent of the Allstate logo.) Alternatively, the Bush administration says Hezbollah is a terrorist organization with “American blood on its hands.”