Lebanon Is Hezbollah’s Playground—and America’s Still Playing Along
For decades, the United States has spun its wheels in Lebanon, throwing billions at a so-called government that doesn’t actually govern. Instead of backing real reform and sovereignty, Washington has rewarded empty words and photo ops with cash and compliments. The Lebanese leadership grins for the cameras, pockets the aid, and then gets back to business as usual—bowing down to Hezbollah’s iron grip over the country. This isn’t diplomacy. It’s enabling a terrorist shadow state under the guise of a sovereign nation. And America keeps falling for this charade like a sucker at a rigged casino.
The latest high-profile American delegation to Beirut was just another round in this tragicomedy. Led by officials who claimed to “engage” and “encourage progress,” the visit was met with the usual polished speeches and false promises. Yet here’s the inconvenient truth: Lebanon’s president and his cronies don’t call the shots. Hezbollah does. They control the weapons, the borders, and the cash flows from Iran. Any talk of working with Lebanon’s “leaders” to stop Hezbollah’s expansion is laughably naive. It’s like trying to starve a snake by asking its owner politely not to feed it. The U.S. keeps treating Lebanese officials like powerful heads of state, but in reality, they’re puppets dancing to Hezbollah’s tune.
This soft approach, celebrated by Washington elites desperate for a diplomatic win, ignores the facts on the ground. Instead of tough action, America has opted for endless goodwill tours and aid that ends up strengthening the very institutions Hezbollah uses as a cover. It’s the same story over and over again: U.S. aid props up a fake government while Hezbollah tightens its chokehold. The country is bankrupt, lawless, and utterly captured, yet Washington refuses to call it what it is—a failed state ruled by terrorists. This toxic cycle only encourages arrogance among Lebanese officials, who smugly pretend they hold power and expect Uncle Sam to bail them out when the next crisis erupts.
The truth is brutal but necessary. If America wants any chance at peace or stability in Lebanon, it must act like the tough power it claims to be instead of playing patsy. That means stopping the flow of cash to Hezbollah by punishing those who enable it and cutting off aid until real change happens. It means abandoning the fantasy that Lebanon can be reformed from within when its government is, at best, a facade. The U.S. needs to make it crystal clear: Lebanon won’t get a dime unless it dumps Hezbollah and cleans house. Otherwise, the country can collapse into chaos—and America can stay on the sidelines, refusing to be the world’s sucker once again.
So why does the U.S. keep repeating this exhausting cycle of naive engagement and fruitless aid? Because far too many in Washington are either too blinded by liberal globalist fantasies or too scared of upsetting Hezbollah’s patrons in Tehran. America’s weakness only invites more aggression, corruption, and regional instability. Until the Biden administration—or whoever comes next—drops this foolhardy policy, the American taxpayer will keep funding Hezbollah’s war machine while American credibility fades into oblivion.
America isn’t the world’s charity. It’s a superpower. It should act like one. The time for flattery, empty meetings, and optimistic tweets is over. Lebanon isn’t a fragile democracy in need of friendship. It’s Hezbollah’s fortress. And until the U.S. stops pretending otherwise, it will keep getting played—and lose every time.
Source: American Thinker
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