A Walking Shadow

I don't feel too bad trashing UNSC Res. 1701, since Robert Fisk had written a piece along similar lines (I'm not sure when his was published but I first saw it a day after my post here), but the preliminary verdict needs some quick adjustment: Fisk today, in southern Lebanon, sees no sign of the much vaunted IDF. Evidently Hezbollah beat them back pretty thoroughly. And if, in fact, the IDF now retreats out of Lebanon with its tail between its legs then, yes, the cease-fire has a chance of sticking. Good. The main diplomatic chore facing Lebanon's friends, however, remains the same: holding Israel to account for war crimes and reparations. An important part of that still will be walking back the obnoxious traps in Res. 1701.