I just went back and read your posts over the past few days. Thanks for the added perspective on the situation.
I've been arguing with a fellow conservative that suggested that since many Lebanese supported Hezbollah, then the Americans there probably did to and the US shouldn't go to great lengths to extract them (more of a collateral damage argument for "accepting" that other locals are openly engaged in terrorist plotting/activities).
I suspect a lot of people with these opinions are frustrated by past situations where being concerned about civilian casualties meant not doing anything at all.
Anyways, thanks for the first hand reporting.
From my contacts, "most Lebanese" outside of south Lebanon strongly oppose Hizbollah.
To then make the leap to "Americans there" support Hizbollah is beyond illogical; it is just plain stupid.