A Shocker? "Hezbollah Is Not a Terrorist Organization"

Before you turn red and explode, read this piece - "Hezbollah Is Not a Terrorist Organization" - in its entirety. There is a great deal of good information and perhaps, a much needed shift in thinking in this whole Israel-Hezbollah-Lebanon mess. Personally, I had to read through it several times before I felt like I "got" it.

Here's a snip:

The challenge we face is to respect our enemies enough to know how to hang onto what is ours. To be strong enough to fight them when they come to kill us. But to be strong enough, as well, to remain open to those who want to find a way to live and let us live as well.

In the end, the Lebanese people no more want a Hezbollah state than we want a Kahane state. The Lebanese people are not terrorists. The label terrorist is much too simple. We love to use it, but it can blind us to the complexities of reality, and the fact that things, and even those we label terrorists, can change over time.

Think, for one brief moment, about Menachem Begin.