The Road to Beirut Leads Straight to Damascus

Using Israeli soldiers as hostages, the Iranian, Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, and Syrian jihadists are enveloping the region, opening a two-front war with Israel, delivering Lebanon into Hizballah's grip, checkmating vital American interests, and bringing Iraq to the brink of civil war. Though it is hard to believe, to many Arabs Israel has emerged as a white knight that may save the day. Hobbled by fifth columns of Muslim fundamentalists within, the Arabs themselves cannot take on Syria or Iran. Neither, it seems, will the politically correct Europeans. The right address for Israel's wrath was and remains Damascus.