• In Lebanon, Hezbollah is watching, and waiting out, the Arab uprisings
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/27/AR2011022703551.html

    Hezbollah appears to realize that the revolt sweeping the Middle East has subtly changed the game for them. Officials see the Arab world moving into a more democratic and pluralistic politics with the fall of regimes in Tunisia, Egypt and perhaps Libya. In this new environment, Hezbollah doesn’t want to be seen as a sectarian militia or a wrecker, but as a democratic partner (albeit a potent one that has thousands of missiles pointed at Israel). Because Tunisia, Egypt and Libya are Sunni countries, recent events can be seen in part as a Sunni political resurgence, which Hezbollah must respect.

    David Ignatius, qui vit sur une autre planète, aimerait bien rassurer ses lecteurs du Wapo. Il oublie juste que les grandes tirades anti-Hezbollah et les cochonneries sur le « triangle chiite » étaient le fait des dictateurs pro-américains, et non des populations « sunnites », chez qui Hassan Nasrallah est un personnage extrêmement populaire (si ce n’est le plus populaire du monde arabe).