[gpapa]

The policy for the US should be stopping the violence, period, and starting to solve the problem through negotiations

Negotiate with whom? Hizbollah, Hamas?, every other terrorist group with safe havens in Lebanon, Syria, Iran? Not a chance.

[Kryptonite]

Negotiate with whom? Hizbollah, Hamas?, every other terrorist group with safe havens in Lebanon, Syria, Iran? Not a chance.

Exactly the point. There's nobody who can (or will) live up their word. Who exactly is gonna sit down at the table? Nasrallah is a puppet, and the Lebanese government is a hostage. Iran and Syria can't possibly come forward to agree to anything in this dispute, leaving absolutely nobody who can represent as a can-do diplomat.

And even if an agreement is reached, there's always the problem of Koranites believing lying is a virtue and going back on their word, if it means another chance to eliminate infidels.