A timeline for destruction of Hezballah

Michael Ledeen:

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There are harsh parameters on this moment, which is an opportunity waiting to be seized. In another week or so the "international community" (the appeasers and "stability" mavens) will force Israel to stop. At that moment, we should want Hizbollah destroyed in both Lebanon and Syria, Assad under attack from his own people for playing this awful game, and Khamenei humiliated as the artefice of a failed operation. We should be openly calling for regime change in Damascus and Tehran, on the grounds that the civilized world cannot any longer tolerate tyrannical murderers calling the shots in the Middle East and elsewhere.

But we have not heard anything about "seizing the moment." We hear lawyer talk and diplotalk, surrender talk and appeasement talk, and there is no action whatsoever. Is this not the time to go after the terrorist training camps in Syria and Iran? What in the world are we waiting for?

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At this point that diplotalk is buying Israel the time it needs to destroy Hezballah. Hopefully it will be enough. At some point the talk has to be about letting Israel win this time. It is clear that most of the Arab states are acting like they do not have a dog in this fight, leaving Iran and Syria isolated. As their proxy Hezballah is defeated, they may strike out and give Israel and possible the US the opportunity that Ledeen would like to seize to destroy more than just their terrorist training camps. Iran's leadership is so invested in its fantasy world that it may make that mistake. Syria is usually more realistic, but as the Hariri murder shows Syria is still prone to miscalculation. The leadership of the headquarters for terror in Damacus is probably avoiding their offices after seeing what happened to Hezballah headquarters.