Too Stretched?

The Lebanese authorities are targeting various Syria-loyal factions at the same time. Is this the sensible thing to do or are we outstretching ourselves?


Two News bits caught my attention this morning. One tells of the Lebanese authorities’ efforts to reclaim property forcefully occupied by the extremist pro-Syrian Ahbash faction, and one of a large-scale operation of the Lebanese Army to surround a Palestinian camp in a bid to capture the killers of a Lebanese Army surveyor.

What I’m really concerned about is this: how much control do we have over our law-enforcement and security bodies? Can we really go about cutting all the tentacles of the previous Syrian regime at the same time? What about the Syrian allies in Lebanon? Don’t they have followers in the Army and other government bodies over which they have considerable influence? Wouldn’t it be better if we take on the powerful Syrian remnants one by one?

What’s your take on this?