Previous administrations would be reaching out to Hizballah and offering it billions in exchange for a temporary semblance of peace and order.
“U.S. Prepares Sanctions Against Hezbollah’s Allies in Lebanon,” by Dion Nissenbaum, Ian Talley and Benoit Faucon, Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2020:
The Trump administration is preparing to impose anticorruption sanctions against prominent Lebanese politicians and businessmen in an effort to weaken Hezbollah’s influence in the aftermath of last week’s explosion in Beirut’s port, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the plans.
The blast, which killed at least 160 people and injured thousands more, has accelerated efforts in Washington to blacklist Lebanese leaders aligned with Hezbollah, the country’s dominant political and military force…