NYT hopes Hezbollah stooge will put Lebanon’s interests over Hezbollah’s

We hope he can still find ways to put Lebanon’s interests first and dare Hezbollah to challenge him. He now says that he will make no move against the tribunal “without full Lebanese consensus.” No such consensus exists or is likely to emerge. The tribunal remains Lebanon’s best hope for accountability and justice…

Hezbollah began as an Iranian-sponsored terrorist group. It has since become a skillful player in electoral politics. But it refuses to accept the rules of a constitutional, parliamentary government. It maintains a heavily armed militia and uses threats of renewed civil war to coerce less powerful groups to support its political aims.