Most Christians, not to mention vast majorities of Sunnis and Druze, see no possible coexistence between the idea of the Lebanese state and a Hizbullah that insists on demanding veto power over any decision that might limit its political and military margin of maneuver. Now the Hizbullah true intentions are out there for everyone to see. It can no longer hide behind its “resistance,” a fictitious “national opposition” or imaginary social protests. It is confirming on a daily basis that its minimal goal is to keep alive a Hizbullah state within the state and to force most Lebanese to accept this, even as the party infiltrates the government bureaucracy and has free rein in the airport and ports. More about Hizbullah at : http://xrl.us/bkivy

When US puppet Siniora tried attacking Hezbollah's communications network, the response by that group put the government in its place, and showed just how weak it is. It furthermore showed that the government dared not resort to trickery and make a fake agreement which it could later violate, because Hezbollah has the power to force the government to keep any agreement. Thus, Hezbollah was able to agree to election of the President, knowing that after its show of force, the government dared not back out of any agreements leading to the Presidential election.

Although your claims about the Christians may have been true thirty years ago, the situation in Lebanon is completely different now and it cannot be viewed in the black and white gaze of "Christian, Sunnis, and Druze, vs Shia." The reality now is that a good number of Christians do support Hizballah and Hizballah's number 1 supporter is a Christian leader (Michel Aoun). Realistically, support for HIzballah is pretty much split half - and - half in Lebanon and it has less to do with religion and more to do with proper representation in government. It is no longer viewed as Hizballah vs everyone else, rather it's the "opposition" vs the "pro-government" with the opposition being made up of Hizballah, various Christian factions, Sunnis, Druze as well as other secular supporters and the "pro-government" being supported by the Hariri family, also other Christian factions, also Sunni supporters, and also other Druze supporters. That's the reason there was a political deadlock for so long, because parliament was split in half between the opposition and pro-government and they couldn't agree. What happened today was not a situation of Hizballah gaining control of the Lebanese government but simply an agreement reached between the opposition and pro-government. Most if not all the Lebanese (whether Maronite, Sunni, Orthodox, Shia, Druze, etc) are happy with this situation.

suleiman: beware!