Iran, Syria Rapidly Rebuilding Hezbollah

As predicted, the UN "disarmament force" is yet another Mideast fraud. The only question is when the next attack will come, how many Israelis will die and how close to zero is the amount of activity Olmert and company are expending on preparation:

Iran and Syria are rapidly rearming Hezbollah in southern Lebanon as an international peacekeeping force has failed to carry out a UN mandate to disarm the Shi'ite militia group, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz said Tuesday in an interview in Washington. Mofaz expressed frustration that the Lebanese army and an enhanced UN peacekeeping force had not disarmed Hezbollah or sealed the border to prevent Syria and Iran from rearming their "proxy." "Arms smuggling across the border from Syria has continued after the war," he said.

Mofaz added that the bloody internal standoff in the Palestinian territories between Hamas and Fatah leaves Israel with no effective negotiating partner.

Israel achieved none of the stated objectives in the recent war, but damaged a significant number of buildings. That does not appear to have been anything but temporary, however:

Rival Factions Showering Aid Dollars on Lebanon

Two months after the war ended in Lebanon, a second battle for Bint Jbeil is well underway. This time, it's a struggle to win the hearts and minds of the predominantly Shia residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed. Hezbollah launched a massive campaign to rebuild the south, handing out wads of cash provided by Iran. Lebanon's own government announced last week that owners of destroyed homes would each be given $40,000. Meanwhile, the rich Sunni regimes of the Persian Gulf, anxious about Iran's growing influence in the region, are also pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the reconstruction.

Of course the money is primarily going to Hezbollah and one of the biggest factions fight over the affections of Lebanese is America.