and so it goes….

According to Ynet News US President George W. Bush says Hezbollah was defeated in Lebanon:

US President George W. Bush said Monday that Hizbullah guerillas suffered a defeat at the hands of Israel in their month-long Mideast war. “There’s going to be a new power in the south of Lebanon,” Bush said.

Au contaire, says Nasrallah in Ynet News

But Hizbullah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said his guerrillas achieved a “Strategic, historic victory” against Israel. “We came out victorious in a war in which big Arab armies were defeated (before),” Nasrallah said.

Personally, I put this down to a Bushism – as in the MISSION ACCOMPLISHED fiasco.

Meanwhile the allegedly defeated Nasrallah has announced Hezbollah will finance rebuilding of homes in South Lebanon in this report from Ynet News:

He further said that he would work, instead of the Lebanese government, to rebuild damaged homes and would provide preliminary financial aid to south Lebanon residents whose homes had been destroyed

Lucky for Shi'ites, Hezbollah may be "defeated" but they are certainly not broke - nor will they disarm.

The UN ceasefire has not even been effective 36 hours and Syria’s Assad is positively inspired:

Syrian President Bashar Assad said his country is prepared for any war that may break out with Israel, adding that he is convinced that the chances for peace have decreased and that “the Golan Heights will be liberated by Syria.”

In other news, Palestinian "gunmen" kidnapped two Fox News employees. Probably just another foreign funding initiative for the "resistance".