Beirut – The latest developments reveal that Lebanon is forcing its dangerous path down as it works to transform Lebanese forces into tools within its regional programme aimed at disarming Hezbollah.
Reuters said President Donald Trump’s administration has agreed to provide $230 million to the Army and internal security forces, citing sources in Washington and Beirut.
The move aims to “support Lebanon’s sovereignty and implement Resolution 1701,” but he said it was essentially an attempt to capture the troops against Hezbollah.
Funds that arrived quickly by the end of the US fiscal year were allocated primarily to the Army ($190 million), with the rest becoming internal security.
This allows these forces to assume internal security obligations and open the door for them to engage the troops in sensitive issues relating to weapons of resistance.
US envoy Thomas Barrack publicly said Israel “doesn’t recognize the red line” and that he would intervene whenever he was blackmailed.
He emphasized that Washington will not deploy its forces to protect Lebanon, but will leave it to the Lebanese army to stand up against Hezbollah!
Barack’s statement was not merely an explanation, but an announcement of a clear plan to place the troops at the heart of the conflict. Despite everyone’s perception that this course of action opens the door to civil war, it is the only institution that can disarm resistance, according to the American vision.
At the same time, the US State Department has raised pressure through its “Rewards for Justice” program, and announced a $10 million reward for information on Hezbollah’s funding network.
The campaign is in parallel with political and media agitation that claims resistance will receive around $60 million a month to rebuild its forces.
The campaign is not separated from the prelude to a wide range of Israeli interventions. It represents the financial and legal face of an inclusive war that seeks to curb resistance before a direct military conflict.
Reports circulating in Beirut confirm that Israel has given Lebanon a deadline within two months to take action against Hezbollah. Otherwise, it relies on outdoor escalations that could escalate into the Awari River into ground operations.
At the same time, American pressures are complemented by broader plans targeting reconstruction and foreign funding. The plan prohibits the flow of funds for the reconstruction of southern villages, except for conditions that guarantee the removal of residents from the area and the creation of a new border reality that will serve the Israeli occupation regime.
Even more dangerous, Washington has kept its intention to impose full guardianship on Lebanon by administering key security, financial and administrative decision-making processes, from central banks, customs and taxes to military and judicial appointments.
The project complements the regional efforts that have become a circle of normalization with the “Abraham Club” that has been called Lebanon in SO, or Zionist enemies, effectively eliminate the possibility of a Lebanese state’s independent national role.
Israeli raids on Friday were raids in the forests of Nabatier al-Foi and Mount Beaufort, confirming that an era of political and media threats is coming to an end, confirming that the enemy is automatically preparing the ground to impose facts on the ground.
As for Washington, it is taking advantage of this earthly pressure to communicate to the Lebanese that it is to “delivery of weapons through the Army.”
In conclusion, Washington aims to involve Lebanese forces in internal conflict, pretending to “support sovereignty,” but its true goal is to disarm resistance and pave the way for Lebanon to be drawn into normalization and full subordination.
Lebanon today faces a fateful moment. It involves refusing American orders, rejecting the troops responsible for protecting the nation, and sliding into the civic chaos, the prelude to Israel’s large-scale project aimed at changing the face of the region and the entire Lebanese society, without targeting it from the state.