Israel apparently achieved a great tactical achievement in the agreement when it avoided withdrawal, but doomed itself to a strategic failure • It accepted the assumption that only the Lebanese government could dismantle Hezbollah, and yet chose to weaken it by continuing to maintain the territory • The strip of territory that does not provide security must be given up, Washington must be mobilized to renew the freedom of action against threats - and cleanse the Lebanese state apparatus of Hezbollah loyalists