tHis went well because of the cooperation of the Brits. That cooperation had a price. A Palestinian state.
The key to stability in the eastern Mediterranean is to allow the principals the means to their own destiny. The principals, at present, have little control over the finance, trainning an importation of terrorists into Gaza and the West Bank by Syria via Lebanon.
If Bush is to keep his promise to Blair, Lebanon must be cleansed. The issue is a third rail in and out of the region but a task that has to completed. I believe the Bakka Valley is a reasonable next stop, not Damascus.